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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

  1. Peel and seed cucumbers
  2. Cut into strips
  3. Mix 1 cup pickling lime into 1 gallon of water
  4. Soak for 24 hours
  5. You can place them in a plastic pail and weight it down with a plate and 3 lb coffee can
  6. Drain and rinse well
  7. Heat 2 qt white vinegar
  8. 10 cups sugar
  9. 2 tsp celery seed
  10. A few drops of oil of clove
  11. 2 tbsp salt
  12. heat & pour over cucumbers (just to boil)
  13. Let set overnight
  14. Then cook until clear(about 45 minutes) and add green food coloring
  15. Can