Pickle Spears are very good......yummy, wish my garden would have produced enough cucumbers this year to use this recipe, maybe next year.
Sweet Pickle Spears
4 pounds small pickling cucumbers
4 cups sugar
3 1/4 cup distilled vinegar
3 Tablespoon salt
4 teaspoon celery seed
4 teaspoon turmeric
1 1/2 teaspoon mustard seed
Wash cucumbers, trim ends. Cut into quarters, lengthwise. Carefully pour boiling water over cucumbers, let stand 2 hours.
Prepare home canning jars and lids according to manufacturing instructions.
Drain and pack cucumbers into hot jars, leaving 1/4-inch head space. Heat remaining ingredients to a boil. Carefully pour hot liquid over cucumbers leaving 1/4-inch head space. Remove air bubbles with a non-metallic spatula. Adjust caps.
Process 10 minutes in boiling water bath canner. Makes about ten 8-oz jars.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment