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Green Tomato Pickles

Course: Condiment
Servings: 0
Author: Louise and Homer Tyler
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Ingredients 

  • 7 lbs green tomatoes
  • 1 cup hydrated builders lime
  • 1 gallon water
  • 2 quarts vinegar
  • 10 cups white sugar
  • 1 Tbs pickling salt
  • 1 tsp celery seed
  • 1 tsp whole cloves
  • 1 tsp mixed pickling spices

Instructions

  • Slice 7 pounds green tomatoes and cover with a solution made with 1 cup hydrated builders lime to each gallon of water. Let soak for 24 hours. Rinse well and cover with clear cold water and soak 3 more hours.
  • Drain and cover with a mixture of the vinegar, sugar, pickling salt, celery seed, whole cloves, mixed pickling spices.
  • Let soak in this mixture overnight.
  • Cook until the tomatoes lose their raw smell and pierce easily with a fork; about 35 minutes.
  • Pack in hot sterile jars, cover with vinegar solution, and seal.