Yield: About 9 pints Procedure: Add cucumbers, peppers, onions, salt, and ice to water and let stand 4 hours. Drain and re-cover vegetables with fresh ice water for another hour. Drain again. Combine spices in a spice or cheesecloth bag. Add spices to sugar and vinegar. Heat to boiling and pour mixture over vegetables. Cover […]

* All vegetables are to be coarsely ground. ~– Mix vegetables and salt. Cover and let stand 12 to 18 hours. Drain vegetables and rinse. Mix vegetables and remaining ingredients. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, 3 minutes. Pack simmering mixture in hot jars, leaving 1/8″ headspace; seal. Process 10 minutes in a boiling […]

In a pint jar, pack mirlitons which have been washed and sliced from top to bottom. (If they are rather large, they may be peeled, but this is not necessary with young ones.) With the mirlitons put in all the ingredients, except the water and vinegar. Pour water and vinegar over mirlitons. Process jar 5 […]

Soak for 24 hours in the 2 cups of lime and 2 gallons of water. Rinse well in ice water several times. Cover with cold (ice) water and soak for 3 hours. Drain and cover with vinegar mixture (vinegar, salt, sugar, celery seed, clives and mixed spices). Let stand overnight in this mixture, then boil […]

Wash and drain seeds. Mix water and salt; pour over seeds in jar or crock. Cover and let stand 2 days. Drain seeds and pour into sterile glass jar. Heat sugar and vinegar to boiling; pour over seeds. Seal. Makes 1 pint.

Wash peppers. Cut small slits in in each hot pepper. Blanch hot peppers in boiling water for 3 minutes. Cool in ice water. Drain and then flatten the peppers. Combine remaining ingredients, except sweet peppers, pot and bring to boil. Boil for 10 minutes. Fill jars with flattened hot peppers and mild peppers strips. Fill […]