Update my dinner status, I'm making this tonight.
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Servings: 6 Quarts
Total Time (median): 0 : 00 Active Time: 0 : 00
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Ingredients
Preparation
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.
