====== Stickel Pickles ====== ===== Ingredients ===== | 1 pail of large cucumbers | | 1 cup pickling lime | | 1 gallon of water | | 2 qt white vinegar | | 10 cups sugar | | 2 tsp celery seed | | oil of clove | | 2 tbsp salt | | Green food coloring | ===== Directions ===== - Peel and seed cucumbers - Cut into strips - Mix 1 cup pickling lime into 1 gallon of water - Soak for 24 hours - You can place them in a plastic pail and weight it down with a plate and 3 lb coffee can - Drain and rinse well - Heat 2 qt white vinegar - 10 cups sugar - 2 tsp celery seed - A few drops of oil of clove - 2 tbsp salt - heat & pour over cucumbers (just to boil) - Let set overnight - Then cook until clear(about 45 minutes) and add green food coloring - Can