Compliment Getters Pickles
Created by dienia b on July 31, 2014
- Servings: 8
- Prep Time: 1d
- Cook Time: 30m
- Recipe #13561
Ingredients
- 24 cucumbers (I'm guessing)
- 2 cups vinegar
- 2 gallons water
- 8 tablespoons salt
- 1 cup vinegar
- 1 cup water
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon red peppers
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
- 2 yellow onions, sliced
- 4 teaspoons alum
How to Make
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Step 1: Cut cucumbers lengthwise.
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Step 2: Add 1 heaping tablespoon salt for each quart of water; let stand overnight. Drain.
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Step 3: Place in kettle and cover with weak solution on 1 cup vinegar to 1 gallon water; heat to simmer.
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Step 4: Meanwhile, in another pot, make a syrup of 1 cup vinegar, 1 cup water, 2 cups sugar, 1/4 teaspoon red pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon turmeric; Boil for 10 minutes.
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Step 5: When pickles have simmered 10 minutes, drain and put into clean jars.
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Step 6: Add 2 slices onion and 1/4 teaspoon alum to each jar.
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Step 7: Cover with boiling syrup before sealing; seal.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (1573.3 g)
- Calories 274
- Total Fat - 0.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.1 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 7027.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 62.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 3.5 g
- Sugars - 57.1 g
- Protein - 2.8 g
- Calcium - 104.8 mg
- Iron - 1.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 15.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg