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Virginia Sweet Pickle Chunks Recipe
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To make Virginia Sweet Pickle Chunks you will need
Ingredients
| 75 | | Cucumbers; 4-5 inches long or- | | 2 | gallons | Smaller cucumbers |
| | ALSO | | | | | Powdered alum | | | Salt | | | Sugar | | | Pickling spice | | | Celery seed |
Instructions
Place cucumbers in large crock. Do not use metal container. Make a brine of
2 cups salt to 1 gallon water. Boil and pour over cucumbers. Let stand 1
week. (In hot weather, skim daily). Drain and cut in chunks. For the next 3
mornings, make a boiling solution of 1 gallon water 1 tablespoon powdered
alum. Drain first solution and pour water-alum solution over cucumbers.
Make a fresh solution each day. On the 4th day, drain and discard alum
water. Boil 6 cups vinegar, 5 cups sugar, 1/3 cup pickling spice and 1
tablespoon celery seed; pour over cucumbers. On 5th day, drain, reserve
liquid and add 2 cups sugar. Heat liquid again to boiling and pour over
cucumbers. On 6th day, drain and reserve liquid; add 1 cup sugar. Heat to
boiling. Pack pickles into sterilized jars. Cover with boiling liquid to
within 1/2 inch of jar top. Seal at once. Delicious!
Enjoy your Virginia Sweet Pickle Chunks
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Tue 19 Aug 2008
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