Grandma Jean's Lime Pickles

6 Quarts
100% would make this recipe for Grandma Jean's Lime Pickles again.

An old family recipe. I remember my mother and grandmother making these when I was a little girl. Very different and much better than anything you can buy in the store.

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Grandma Jean's Lime Pickles Ingredients

8 pounds Cucumber sliced	3 1/2 pounds Sugar
2 cups Hydrated Lime for pickling	1 tablespoon Salt
3 pints Vinegar	1 package Pickling spice

Instructions for Grandma Jean's Lime Pickles

Dissolve 2 cups of lime in 2 gallons cold water. Pour over cucumbers to cover and let stand 24 hours.
Drain, rinse thouroughly, and soak in fresh cold water for 4 hours.
Make brine by mixing vinegar, sugar and salt. Add pickling spices in cheesecloth bag.
Drain cucumbers, cover with brine and let stand overnight.
Transfer cucumbers and brine to a large pot and simmer for 40 minutes (leave the bag with pickling spices in the pot to simmer).
Remove spice bag and pack into hot, sterilized jars.
*Note: This is a very old recipe, and the original instructions simply say to simmer 40 minutes and can. By today's standards they probably should be processed in a boiling water bath.

Main Ingredient: CucumberCuisine: American