Libbie's Chunk Pickles
Created by dienia b on July 31, 2014
- Servings: 5
- Prep Time: 10d
- Cook Time: 45m
- Recipe #13566
Ingredients
- 5 quarts cucumbers (chunks)
- 2 cups salt
- 2 tablespoons alum
- 1 gallon water
- 6 cups granulated sugar
- 1 pint vinegar
- 1 tablespoon pickling spices
- 1 teaspoon celery seed
- 1 teaspoon dill weed
- 3 cloves
- 3 garlic cloves
How to Make
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Step 1: Soak cucumbers in salt brine (2 cups salt to 5 quarts cucumbers with enough water to cover).
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Step 2: Make sure you cover with a plate with a weight on top so all cucumbers are under brine. Soak these for 3 days in crock made for pickles.
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Step 3: On 4th day, drain and add 2 tablespoon alum to 1 gallon water. Soak in this mixture for 3 days with plate and weight again.
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Step 4: On 7th day, drain and soak in clean water with plate and weight again.
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Step 5: On 10th day, drain and pack tightly in quart jars and pour the following syrup over cucumbers: boil 6 cups sugar to 1 pint vinegar and spices.
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Step 6: Put on lids and process in hot water bath 45 minutes.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (1298.7 g)
- Calories 961.7
- Total Fat - 0.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 0 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 45307.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 244.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.4 g
- Sugars - 241.4 g
- Protein - 1.1 g
- Calcium - 93 mg
- Iron - 1.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 5.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg