Linda Lou's sweet pickles
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Comments (3)No, you don't add water. Mine are sweet, good spices, crunchy. Just plain good. Yes, you can add food coloring. The other recipe has more water than vinegar. You always have to have at least 1/2 of the brine to be 5 % acidity to water ratio. So, no, that is not a safe recipe....See MoreLindaLou- Sweet Pickle Question
Comments (5)You can use slicing cucumbers instead of pickling cucumbers. I just make sweet pickle chunks. I make zucchini relish, or at least used to when I could still have sugar. Sorry, I don't make sweet cucumber relish. Sweet Pickle Chunks Pour boiling water over 24 pickling cukes for 4 days. On 5th day, drain, add this syrup.Cut cukes in chunks. 8 cups sugar 4 cups cider vinegar 5% acidity 3 1/2 tsp. pickling and canning salt 2 Tbsp. pickling spices, tied in a bag Drain and heat syrup for 3 more days. On 4th day, pack pickles into jars, seal with lid. Process in water bath canner for10 minutes. I love these with tuna!...See MoreLinda Lou Sweet Pickles
Comments (16)Yesterday I did the first day of syrup. In the evening I taste tested them. They tasted good. Unfortunately later I got really sick. Is it possible that in the past 4 days that they have gone bad- bad enough to make me sick? I really doubt it was them but I wanted to double check to make sure. (heck- I could even be pregnant, but I think it would be too early for me to be getting sick like that?? But having never expereinced that "affliction" before I have no clue.) It could even be a bug. Should I toss them? or wait a few more days and give them a try again? Thanks, bluejean in ohio...See MoreLinda Lou's Sweet Pickles, a question!
Comments (9)Here you go moonphase. These are really good and they stay crispy! I did mine in spears rather than chunks and it worked just fine. Notice that you don't cut them until the 5th day when you put the syrup over them. Sweet pickle chunks (as posted by Linda Lou) Pour boiling water over 24 pickling cukes for 4 days. On 5th day, drain, add this syrup.Cut cukes in chunks. 8 cups sugar 4 cups cider vinegar 5% acidity 3 1/2 tsp. pickling and canning salt 2 Tbsp. pickling spices, tied in a bag. Drain and heat syrup for 3 more days.(It is the same batch of syrup, just drain and reheat.I get lots of questions about that part.) On 4th day, pack pickles into jars, seal with lid. Process in water bath canner for 10 minutes. I love these with tuna! NOTE!! You know, I just read through this and it doesn't say, but on the last day, you need to heat the syrup again, pack the pickles into jars, cover with syrup leaving about 1/2" headspace, put on 2-piece lids and process in BWB for 10 minutes. Oh!.............and good luck having enough to can........after all the sampling that seems to go on, it makes a lot less!! Might want to do a double batch!! hee hee hee Deanna...See Moreannie1992
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