Lime Pickles
Arwilda kept three different recipes with this title.
Half-ounce green-coloring formulation
Two-sided illustrated card attributed to mom
From mom.
Ingredients
- 9-11 lbs sliced cucumbers unpeeled!
- 5 lbs sugar
- 2 qts vinegar
- 1/2 oz of Green food Coloring
- 1/2 oz of mixed spices (1 Tablespoon)
Directions
- about 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick
- Soak in Mason Lime for 24 hrs
- (2 cups lime to 2 gallons cold water)
- use large crock and use full amount)
- Then soak in clean cold water for 4 hours changing each hour.
- make the syrup
- Bring to a boil and pour over pickles. let stand over night. Next morning bring Pickles and syrup to a boil and simmer for about 1 hour
- Can HOT.
Timing: 24 hrs; 4 hours changing each hour; over night; about 1 hour
Equipment: large crock
Notes
- Real good
As written
Here's what's cookin': Recipe from: Serves:
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Edited white-binder sheet
Ingredients
- 9-11 lbs sliced cucumbers unpeeled, about 1/4 inch thick.
- Solution--of 2 cups lime to 2 gallon cold water
- 5 lbs. sugar
- 2 qts vinegar
- 1/2 oz mixed spices (1 Tablespoon)
- 1/2 oz green food coloring
Directions
- Soak in Mason's (pickling lime) for 24 hours.
- (use large crock and use full amount)
- Then soak in clear cold water for 4 hours changing each hour.
- Make the syrup
- Bring to a boil and pour over pickles. Let stand over night. Next morning bring pickles and syrup to a boil and simmer for about 1 hour. Can hot.
Timing: for 24 hours; for 4 hours changing each hour; over night; for about 1 hour
Temperature: cold water; boil; simmer; Can Hot
Equipment: large crock
Notes
- Real Good
As written
Real Good
2
Arwilda’s changes
- Changed “peeled” to “unpeeled”
One-ounce green-coloring formulation
Blue-binder sheet 0039
Ingredients
- 9-11 lbs. sliced cucumbers unpeeled. 1/4 inch.
- 2 cups Mason's Lime; 2 gallon cold water
- 5 lbs sugar
- 2 qts vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon of mixed pickling spice
- 1 oz green food coloring
Directions
- Soak in Mason's Lime for 24 hours.
- Use large crock and full amount.
- Then soak in clear cold water for 4 hrs. changing each hour.
- Make the syrup.
- Bring to a boil and pour over pickles. Let stand overnite.
- Next Morning bring pickles and syrup to a boil and simmer for about 1 hour.
- Can Hot.
Timing: 24 hours; 4 hrs. changing each hour; overnite; about 1 hour
Temperature: cold water; Bring to a boil; simmer; Can Hot
Equipment: scale; knife and cutting board or slicer; measuring cups and spoon; two-gallon measure; large crock; cooking pot and stirring utensil; canning jars and closures; canning utensils
Blue-binder sheet 0041 with quantity correction
Ingredients
- 9-11 lbs sliced cucumbers unpeeled.
- 2 cup lime - 2 gallon coldwater
- 5-lbs sugar
- 2 qts vinegar
- ½ oz. of mixed spices
- 1/8 green food coloring
Directions
- Soak in Mason's Lime for 24 hrs.
- use large crock and use full amount
- than soak in clear coldwater for 4 hours changing each hour,
- Make the syrup.
- Bring to a boil and pour on pickles. Let stand over night.
- Next morning bring pickles and syrup to a boil and simmer for about 1 hour.
- Can Hot.
Timing: 24 hrs.; 4 hours changing each hour,; over night.; about 1 hour.
Equipment: large crock
Arwilda’s changes
- Changed “2 oz” to “½ oz. of mixed spices”
Ten-minute processing formulation
Mom's recipe with ten-minute process
From Mom's recipe.
Ingredients
- 9-11 lbs sliced cucumbers, unpeeled about 1/4 inch thick
- 2 cups lime to 2 gallons of cold water
- 5 lbs Sugar
- 2 qts vinegar
- 1 oz of green food coloring
- 1/2 oz of mixed spice (1 Tablespoon)
Directions
- Soak in Mason Lime for 24 hrs.
- use large crock and use full amount, then soak in clear cold water for 4 hours, changing each hour
- Make the syrup.
- Bring to a boil and pour over pickles, let stand over nite.
- Next morning bring pickles and syrup to a boil and simmer for about 1 hour.
- Can Hot and process for 10 min.
Timing: 24 hrs.; 4 hours; over nite.; about 1 hour; 10 min.
Temperature: cold water; can hot
Equipment: deep or large crock, boiling vessel, and canning equipment
As written
Mom's recipe
Deep crock
Arwilda’s changes
- Added “unpeeled”
Compare the cards
Green food coloring
- Two-sided illustrated card attributed to mom
- 1/2 oz of Green food Coloring
- Blue-binder sheet 0039
- 1 oz green food coloring
- Mom's recipe with ten-minute process
- 1 oz of green food coloring
Final canning process
- Two-sided illustrated card attributed to mom
- Can HOT.
- Blue-binder sheet 0039
- Can Hot.
- Mom's recipe with ten-minute process
- Can Hot and process for 10 min.
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