Dixie Pickles

From Millie, written alone at upper right; role unclear.

Ingredients

• 2 gal. dill size pickles cut lengthwise in strips or cut in round slices or all crystal pickles
• 1 gal of boiling water to which 1 pt of salt has been added
• 1 gal boiling water
• 1 gal boiling water & 2 tsp of alum
• 2½ qts vinegar, 8 pts sugar & ½ cup mixed pickle spice

Directions

1. 1st day - thru 7th let stand in brine of 1 gal of boiling water to which 1 pt of salt has been added - stir once every day
2. 8th day - drain - add 1 gal boiling water - let stand overnight.
3. 9th day - drain - add 1 gal boiling water & 2 tsp of alum - let [text clipped]
4. 10th day - drain - add heated syrup → 2½ qts vinegar, 8 pts sugar & ½ cup mixed pickle spice
5. 11th day - drain - reheat syrup + add to pickles.
6. 12th day - drain + reheat syrup & add to pickles
7. Put in crock + cover - no need to seal.

Timing

• stand from the first through seventh day; stand overnight on the eighth day; ninth-day continuation clipped; repeat heated syrup on days ten, eleven, and twelve

Temperature

• boiling water; heated syrup; reheated syrup

Equipment

• knife; brining vessel; draining vessel; syrup-heating pot; stirring utensil; covered crock

Transcription

Millie

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Uncertain top-right annotation: “Millie” is readable, but its role as attribution, label, or other annotation is unclear. Candidates: “Millie”.

Uncertain uncertainties: Millie’s role is uncertain, and the ninth-day text after let is missing from the photographed source Candidates: “Millie’s role is uncertain, and the ninth-day text after let is missing from the photographed source”.