Mixed Vegetable Pickles Recipe
Mixed Vegetable Pickles is loved by many and a very tasty pickle. Mixed Vegetable Pickles gets its desired taste from vegetables mixed with sugar and pepper, flavored with vinegar. Mixed Vegetable Pickles is cherished by many around the world.
Ingredients
1 cup pickling salt
4 quarts cold water
1 quart sliced small cucumbers
2 cups sliced carrots
2 cups sliced celery
2 cups small boiling onions
2 sweet red peppers, cut into 1/2 inch strips
1 small cauliflower, broken into flowerets
6 1/2 cups vinegar
2 cups sugar
1 fresh hot red pepper, sliced crosswise
1/4 cup mustard seeds
2 tablespoons celery seeds
Directions
Dissolve salt in water; pour over vegetables (except hot red pepper) in a large crock or plastic container.
Cover and allow to stand in refrigerator 12 to 18 hours.
Drain well.
Combine vinegar, sugar, hot red pepper, and spices in a 10 quart Dutch oven; bring to a boil, and boil 3 minutes.
Add vegetables; reduce heat, and simmer until thoroughly heated.
Pack hot mixture into hot sterilized jars; fill with hot liquid, leaving 1/2 inch headspace.
Remove air bubbles; wipe jar rims.
Cover at once with metal lids, and screw on bands.
Process in boiling water bath 15 minutes
Cover and allow to stand in refrigerator 12 to 18 hours.
Drain well.
Combine vinegar, sugar, hot red pepper, and spices in a 10 quart Dutch oven; bring to a boil, and boil 3 minutes.
Add vegetables; reduce heat, and simmer until thoroughly heated.
Pack hot mixture into hot sterilized jars; fill with hot liquid, leaving 1/2 inch headspace.
Remove air bubbles; wipe jar rims.
Cover at once with metal lids, and screw on bands.
Process in boiling water bath 15 minutes
