Ripe Cucumber Pickles Recipe
Ingredients
6 large yellow cucumbers
1/2 cup salt
41/2 cups water
2 quarts vinegar
4 cups sugar
2 tablespoons mustard seed
1/3 cup mixed whole pickling spices
Directions
Pare cucumbers, quarter and remove seeds.
Cut into strips, 1 x 2 1/2 inches.
Combine salt and water and stir until salt is dissolved.
Add cucumber strips and allow to stand in brine 12 hours.
Drain.
Tie pickling spices in a cheesecloth bag.
Combine vinegar, sugar, mustard seed and spices.
Heat to boiling.
Add only enough strips to vinegar at a time to cover the bottom of the pan, cook until just transparent, 3 to 5 minutes.
Pack into sterilized hot jars.
Fill with boiling vinegar mixture and seal at once.
Cut into strips, 1 x 2 1/2 inches.
Combine salt and water and stir until salt is dissolved.
Add cucumber strips and allow to stand in brine 12 hours.
Drain.
Tie pickling spices in a cheesecloth bag.
Combine vinegar, sugar, mustard seed and spices.
Heat to boiling.
Add only enough strips to vinegar at a time to cover the bottom of the pan, cook until just transparent, 3 to 5 minutes.
Pack into sterilized hot jars.
Fill with boiling vinegar mixture and seal at once.
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