Quick sweet pickles sl

7 pints

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
6 pounds Medium-sized cucumbers; unpeeled
1 large Sweet red pepper; cut into strips
1 small Onion; sliced
2 cloves Garlic
1½ cup Pickling salt
2 quarts Crushed ice
3 cups Sugar
1 quart White vinegar (5% acidity)
2 tablespoons Mustard seeds

Directions

Wash cucumbers; remove ¼-inch from ends. Cut into ¼-inch slices. Combine cucumbers, red pepper, onion, and garlic in a large bowl; add salt, and stir well. Pack ice over cucumbers; cover and let stand 3 hours. Remove garlic; rinse, and drain.

Combine remaining ingredients in a large Dutch oven; bring to a boil. Add vegetables and reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes.

Pack cucumber mixture into hot, sterilized pint jars, leaving ½ inch headspace. Wipe jar rims. Cover at once with metal lids, and screw on bands. Process in boiling water bath 10 minutes.

Recipe from H.F. Bowman of Florida in "Southern Living" July, 1987 Typos by Jeff Pruett

Submitted By JEFF PRUETT On 08-14-95

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