Old-Fashioned Lime Pickles Recipe Recipe - (3.9/5)

Name: Old-Fashioned Lime Pickles Recipe Recipe - (3.9/5)
Ingredients: 6 About 6 pounds of 4- to 5-inch unwaxed pickling cucumbers (preferably fresh-picked and thin-skinned), scrubbed and rinsed; 1 cup food-grade pickling lime (calcium hydroxide); 1/2 cup salt; 1 gallon cold water; 3 pounds white or yellow onions, diced; 2 quarts white wine vinegar or cider vinegar (minimum 5 percent acidity; cider vinegar darkens pickles); 6 cups granulated sugar or 5 1/4 cups honey (honey adds its own flavor and darkens brine); 2 1/2 teaspoons unrefined sea salt or pickling salt; 2 teaspoons mixed pickling spice

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This combination of techniques makes the ultimate supercrisp, sweet-and-sour pickle. Presoaking cucumbers with lime firms vegetable tissues. Preserving the cucumbers via...

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Ingredients

6 About 6 pounds of 4- to 5-inch unwaxed pickling cucumbers (preferably fresh-picked and thin-skinned), scrubbed and rinsed
1 cup food-grade pickling lime (calcium hydroxide)
1/2 cup salt
1 gallon cold water
3 pounds white or yellow onions, diced
2 quarts white wine vinegar or cider vinegar (minimum 5 percent acidity; cider vinegar darkens pickles)
6 cups granulated sugar or 5 1/4 cups honey (honey adds its own flavor and darkens brine)
2 1/2 teaspoons unrefined sea salt or pickling salt
2 teaspoons mixed pickling spice