Grandma Lavonne'S Christmas Pickles
- 14 -16 medium sized cucumbers
- water
- 1 1/2 teaspoons alum
- 1 quart vinegar
- 8 cups sugar
- 2 tablespoons pickling spices
- food coloring, green
- food coloring, red
- 2 sticks cinnamon (for red pickles only)
- Day 1: Wash cucumbers and place in a crock.
- Cover with boiling water 2 times a day for 2 days.
- Day 3: Rinse in warm water. Cut into 1/2 inch chunks and cover with boiling water. Add alum.
- Day 4: Drain, rinse and cover with boiling syrup: Vinegar, sugar, spices food coloring (If using red, add cinnamon sticks).
- Cover with this syrup for four days. Reboil two times a day.
- Day 8: Pack chunks into canning jars, cover with boiling syrup and seal. Pickles are ready to eat now. Extra syrup may be saved and added to another batch.
cucumbers, water, alum, vinegar, sugar, pickling spices, food coloring, food coloring, cinnamon
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/grandma-lavonnes-christmas-pickles-484458 (may not work)