Sweet Cucumber Pickles from Big Mill Bed and Breakfast

by BnB Finder | August 26th, 2014 | Best BnB Bites, Recipes
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ref=”https://thinktasty1.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Sweet-Cucumber-Pickles.jpg”>Sweet Cucumber PicklesWhen I think of pickles, I typically think of kosher spears to accompany a burger or hot dog.  However, if I think back to my childhood, I think of holiday celebrations and pretty bowls with divided sections.  In one section would be black olives, and in the other would be sweet pickles.  How elegant I thought we were serving these treats before dinner.  It is how I imagined all dinners at fancy restaurants started.  Ahh, the joys of being a child.

Seeing this recipe from the Big Mill Bed and Breakfast in Williamston, North Carolina, I couldn’t help but think of those tasty treats from my childhood.

 

Sweet Cucumber Pickles from Big Mill Bed and Breakfast

Yields 9




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Ingredients
  1. 7 lbs. cucumbers*
  2. 2 cups pickling lime
  3. Numerous buckets of water
  4. 1/2 gallon 5% white distilled vinegar (most vinegar is 5%)
  5. 5 lbs. sugar
  6. 3 Tb. pickling spice
  7. Cheesecloth
Instructions
  1. Wash the cucumbers. Slice crosswise into 1/8″-1/4″ slices.
  2. Mix 2 cups of lime with several cups of water in a large ceramic, enamel or stainless steel vessel. Stir to blend.
  3. Add the cut cucumbers and enough water to cover them. Gently stir the mixture. Be very careful — they will break so easily.
  4. Soak for 24 hours.
  5. (I remember my mother making these pickles. Sometimes she had a plate on top to hold down the cucumbers.) As you pass by, gently stir under the cukes, just to loosen the settled lime. Note: you can soak them for 48 hours, and they are still wonderful.
  6. After soaking for 24 hours, rinse the cucumbers in clear water. Then change the water every hour on the hour, 4 times.
  7. Tie pickling spices in a double thickness of cheesecloth. Put 1/2 gallon distilled vinegar, 5 pounds sugar and the pickling spices into a large stainless steel or enamel cooking pot. Stir to melt the sugar. Add the cucumbers and bring to a boil. Let stand overnight.
  8. Next day bring the cucumbers and vinegar to a boil and simmer for 1 hour. Pack pickles and vinegar mixture into sterilized jars according to canning instructions.
Notes
  1. *Use small or long pickling cucumbers. Burpless work too. Just don’t use large cucumbers with many seeds.
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