Icicle Sweet Pickles - 14 days to deliciousness!

Sweet & Yummy Icicle Pickles - a sweet and sour family favourite! This recipe is a bit more time consuming in that it takes 14 days to complete... but most days are just a minute or two of your time. The reward is worth the effort as this is a unique pickle that you won't find in any grocery stores!

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Recipe
Day 1:
Wash and cut 2 gallons of cucumbers long, but not too slender. Leave on the peeling but remove seeds Put in a large plastic/glass container. Cover with boiling water that has dissolved 2 cups of pickling salt and cover with a lid.

Day 2,3,4,5,6,7
Stir the cucumber & salt water mixture

Day 8:
Drain and cover with fresh boiling water

Day 9:
Drain and cover with fresh boiling water & 2 tablespoons of alum.

Day 10:
Drain. Make a syrup of 10 cups vinegar, 12 cups sugar and 3 tablespoons of pickling spice in a bag. Bring to a boil and pour over cucumbers. Add food colouring as desired.

Day 11, 12, 13
Drain & save the syrup. Bring it to a boil and pour over the cucumbers. You may add more food colouring to achieve desired colour.

Day 14
Wash jars and sterilize in the oven. Boil your snap lids. Drain and save the syrup. Bring it to a boil on your stove. Put the cucumbers into the sterilized jars, pour the boiling syrup over them and seal with snap lids.

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