Wilma Ludlow 's Crystal Rings
Created by dienia b on August 1, 2014
- Servings: 1 1/2
- Prep Time: 7d
- Cook Time: 30m
- Recipe #13570
Ingredients
- 10 large cucumbers
- 1 1/2 cups salt
- 3 tablespoons alum
- 1 1/2 cups white vinegar
- 8 cups granulated sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon clove oil
- 1/4 teaspoon oil (cinnamon oil)
- 1 ounce whole allspice
- 1 ounce celery seed
How to Make
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Step 1: I am writing recipe as written here.
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Step 2: Use large cucumbers. Peel and slice 1/4 to1/2 inch thick, take out seeds
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Step 3: Soak 3 days in brine of 1 1/2 cups salt to 1 gallon water making sure to have weighted plate on so no pickles pop up will mold in this method.
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Step 4: Drain well.
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Step 5: Soak in alum water for 3 days. Fresh each day.
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Step 6: That is 1 tablespoon alum to gallon of water.
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Step 7: Drain in alum water.
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Step 8: Add alum size of walnut until clearness of pickle. Drain real well.
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Step 9: Vinegar solution is rest of ingredients. Pour over cucumbers for 3 days. Then heat together and put in jars and seal.
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Step 10: Makes 1 1/2 gallons and can be colored red or green for holidays.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (3782.8 g)
- Calories 6525.6
- Total Fat - 5.9 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.1 g
- Cholesterol - 19 mg
- Sodium - 169854.3 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 1649 g
- Dietary Fiber - 15.4 g
- Sugars - 1615.3 g
- Protein - 15.1 g
- Calcium - 538.8 mg
- Iron - 7.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 54 mg
- Thiamin - 0.5 mg