14 Day Sweet Pickles Recipe
- 4 lb Of pickling cucumbers* (2- to 5-inch)
- 3/4 c. Canning or possibly pickling salt (Separated in thirds)
- 2 tsp Celery seed
- 2 Tbsp. Mixed pickling spices
- 5 1/2 c. Sugar
- 4 c. Vinegar (5 percent)
- *(If packed whole, use cucumbers of uniform size)
- Can be canned whole, in strips, or possibly in slices.
- Yield: About 5 to 9 pints
- Procedure: Wash cucumbers.
- Cut 1/16-inch slice off blossom end and throw away, but leave 1/4-inch of stem attached.
- Place whole cucumbers in suitable 1-gallon container.
- Add in 1/4 c. canning or possibly pickling salt to 2 qts water and bring to a boil.
- Pour over cucumbers.
- Add in suitable cover and weight.
- Place clean towel over container and keep the temperature at about 70 degrees F.
- On the third and fifth days, drain salt water and throw away.
- Rinse cucumbers and rescald cover and weight.
- Return cucumbers to container.
- Add in 1/4 c. salt to 2 qts fresh water and boil.
- Pour over cucumbers.
- Replace cover and weight, and re-cover with clean towel.
- On the seventh day, drain salt water and throw away.
- Rinse cucumbers and rescald containers, cover, and weight.
- Slice or possibly strip cucumbers, if you like, and return to container.
- Place celery seed and pickling spices in small cheesecloth bag.
- Combine 2 c. sugar and 4 c. vinegar in a saucepan.
- Add in spice bag, bring to a boil and pour pickling solution over cucumbers.
- Add in cover and weight, and re-cover with clean towel.
- On each of the next six days, drain syrup and spice bag and save.
- Add in 1/2 c. sugar each day and bring to a boil in a saucepan.
- Remove cucumbers and rinse.
- Scald container, cover, and weight daily.
- Return cucumbers to container, add in boiled syrup, cover, weight, and re-cover with towel.
- On the 14th day, drain syrup into saucepan.
- Fill sterile pint jars (for more information see "Jars and Lids") or possibly clean qt jars, leaving 1/2-inch headspace.
- Add in 1/2 c. sugar to syrup and bring to boil.
- Remove spice bag.
- Pour warm syrup over cucumbers, leaving 1/2-inch headspace.
- Adjust lids and process according to the recommendations in Table 1 or possibly use low-temperature pasteurization treatment.
- (For more information see "Low-Temperature Pasteurization Treatment".)
- Table 1.
- Recommended process time for 14-day Sweet Pickles in a boiling-water canner.
- Style of Pack: Raw.
- Jar Size: Pints.
- Process Time at Altitudes of 0 - 1,000 ft: 5 minutes.
- 1,001 - 6,000 ft: 10 minutes.
- Above 6,000 ft: 15 minutes.
- Style of Pack: Raw.
- Jar Size: Qts.
- Process Time at Altitudes of 0 - 1,000 ft: 10 minutes.
- 1,001 - 6,000 ft: 15 minutes.
- Above 6,000 ft: 20 minutes.
cucumbers, canning, celery, sugar, vinegar
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/14-day-sweet-pickles-61321 (may not work)