Cucumber Lime Pickles
By: Sheri Wetherell
Published: Monday, November 30, 2009 - 12:51pm

Ingredients




7 pounds cucumbers, sliced
1 cup mrs. wages pickling lime
2 gallons water
8 cups distilled white vinegar, 5%% acidity
8 cups sugar
1 tablespoon salt
2 teaspoons mixed pickling spices
1 ounce bottle green food coloring, it may not take that much, but you want them a very dark 





Preparation

1 Soak clean cucumbers in water and lime mixture in crockery or enamel ware for 2 hours or overnight. Do not use aluminum ware. 2 Remove sliced cucumbers from lime water. Discard lime water. Rinse 3 times in fresh cold water. Soak 3 hours in ice water. 3 Combine vinegar, sugar, salt and mixed pickling spices in a large pot. Bring to a low boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove syrup from heat ad add sliced cucumbers. Soak 5-6 hours or overnight. 4 Boil slices in the syrup 35 minutes. Fill sterilized jars with hot slices. Pour hot syrup over the slices, leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Cap each jar when filled. 5 Process pints 10 minutes, quarts 15 minutes in a boiling water bath canner. 6 Test jars for airtight seals according to manufacturer's instructions. Refrigerate unsealed jars. 


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Preparation

 1  Soak clean cucumbers in water and lime mixture in crockery or enamel ware for 2 hours or overnight. Do not use aluminum ware.  2  Remove sliced cucumbers from lime water. Discard lime water. Rinse 3 times in fresh cold water. Soak 3 hours in ice water.  3  Combine vinegar, sugar, salt and mixed pickling spices in a large pot. Bring to a low boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove syrup from heat ad add sliced cucumbers. Soak 5-6 hours or overnight.  4  Boil slices in the syrup 35 minutes. Fill sterilized jars with hot slices. Pour hot syrup over the slices, leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Cap each jar when filled.  5  Process pints 10 minutes, quarts 15 minutes in a boiling water bath canner.  6  Test jars for airtight seals according to manufacturer's instructions. Refrigerate unsealed jars.