White trash old time iced down tomato pickles

6 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
3 pounds Sugar
2 pints Vinegar
8 pounds Green tomatoes
1 small Pile (size of a quarter) EACH, ground cloves, cinnamon,

Directions

allspice, ginger, mustard, and celery seeds Cut the tomatoes into wedges, removing the hard stem end and core if necessary. Put 3 cups of pickling lime in enough ice water to soak the tomoates in from morning to morning. Pour off the water and add clear water twice in 5 hours. Then drain. Before you go to bed, make your syrup from the above ingredients and bring it to a boil. Dump it into the pot containing the drained tomatoes, cover it and go straight to bed. The next morning, put pot and all on the stove and at boil for 30 40 minutes. Spoon out into jars and seal while they are hot. Verta Mae said: "This is the typcial tomato pickle we've all been eatin gin the South since the Lord made a Rebel. They are so crispy."

Origin: Adapted from White Trash. Shared by: Sharon Stevens, April/95.

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