Lime Cucumber Pickles

(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)

Source: Ball jar product pamphlet

Categories: pickles

Ingredients

  • 1 gallon sliced cucumbers
  • 3 quarts vinegar
  • 6 cups sugar
  • 3 Tbsp. salt
  • 1/2 box pickling spice
  • 1/2 cup slaked lime (calcium hydroxide)

Directions

  1. Slice the cucumbers and soak 24 hours in lime water (1/2 cup lime to 1 gallon of water).

  2. At the end of the 24 hours, drain and wash the cucumbers. Cover them with cold water and let stand for 2 hours. Mix vinegar, sugar, and pickling spice, then add cucumber slices. Simmer gently for 3 1/2 hours. Then pack into hot jars, seal and process in boiling water for 5 minutes. Remove, cool and store.

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