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Three Day Lime Pickles - CDKitchen.com

serves/makes:
  
ready in:
  over 5 hrs

ingredients

7 pounds sliced or cubed cucumbers
1 cup lime (see note)
1 gallon water
9 cups sugar
2 quarts apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon whole cloves
1 tablespoon celery seed
1 tablespoon pickling seed
1 tablespoon salt

directions

Soak cucumbers for 24 hours in lime mixed with the water. Move pickles gently in lime water 3 times while soaking. Wash well in 3 waters (carefully, they break easily). Soak in clear water 3 hours. Drain.

Mix remaining ingredients. Pour this mixture over pickles. Let stand overnight. Then slowly boil them in this mixture 35 minutes. Put in hot sterilized jars and seal.

Cook's Note: lime is food grade calcium hydroxide.

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