Crispies' Pickles
Ingredients
Instructions
- Thinly slice cucumbers and soak in a salt brine of the coarse salt and warm water for 14 days.
- Place a saucer over the pickles and weight down.
- On the 14th day, wash the pickles 3 times in cold water.
- Add the alum with enough cold water to cover; replace the saucer and weights; let stand for 1 day.
- Next day, wash thoroughly and make a syrup of the remaining ingredients, being very careful to add no more than 18 tea- spoon oil of cloves.
- Bring this syrup to a boil and pour over the pickles.
- Drain the syrup off each day for 3 days; reheat and pour over the pickles.
- The last day, pack the pickles in jars and heat the syrup boiling hot and add green coloring.
- Seal and store.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
206
kcal
10% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).