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Prep Time: 180 Minutes Cook Time: 4320 Minutes |
Ready In: 4500 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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This is from my Mother in law. Ingredients:
2 gallons cucumbers, seeded, peeled and sliced |
2 cups limes, sliced |
8 1/2 quarts water |
1 cup vinegar |
1 ounce red food coloring |
1 tablespoon alum |
2 cups vinegar |
2 cups water |
10 cups sugar |
8 cinnamon sticks |
1 (12 ounce) bag red-hot candies |
Directions:
1. Prepare cucumbers.
2. add lime and 8 1/2 qts water.
3. let stand 24 hrs.
4. drain, rinse, soak 3 hrs in cold water.
5. drain again.
6. simmer for 2 hrs in vinegar, red color, alum and enough water to cover.
7. drain.
8. Heat to make syrup of the last 5 ingredients (vinegar, water, sugar, and cinnamon sticks, and red hots).
9. Pour over the cucumbers.
10. let stand overnight or 8 hrs.
11. Drain and reheat syrup and pour over again letting stand for another 8 hours.
12. Heat syrup a 3rd time, pack rings in jars and fill with hot syrup and seal.
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