Pickles In A Jar
By: Kevin Tu
Published: Friday, December 10, 2010 - 1:02am

Ingredients




gallon medium-sized cucumbers to fit  jug
4 tablespoons canning salt
4 cups white vinegar
2 tablespoons alum
3 tablespoons mixed pickling spices

Preparation

1 Wash cucumbers and pack whole in a glass gallon jug. 2 Add canning salt, white vinegar, alum, and mixed pickling spices 3 If jar is not full, top off with cold water. Put lid on jar and let stand on cabinet for three weeks. 4 Drain. Cut cucumbers into chunks, slices or strips as desired. Return to jar. Add 8 cups sugar, or less according to taste (Elba uses four cups, Dorothy Phillips uses six). Let stand on cabinet top 3 to 4 days, until sugar dissolves to make its own juice. Store in the refrigerator. Add a bud of garlic in the bottom of the jar to add more flavor, if desired.