Hydrated Lime Pickles

This recipe originally was given to me by a friend, Jan Wrong, from Uxbridge,Ontario, in 1971.These pickles are sweet in flavour, not unlike "Bicks".They do need to have the color added.

• Ready In: 48 hrs 35 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 7  lbs cucumbers, sliced 1/4-inch thick
• 2  cups  hydrated pickling lime
• 2  gallons cold water

• Syrup

• 5  lbs sugar
• 3  pints white vinegar
• 1⁄2 cup water
• 1  teaspoon celery seed
• 1  tablespoon pickling salt
• 1  tablespoon  pickling spices

Directions

1. Mix pickle ingredients together.
2. Soak for 24 hours.
3. Wash in clean running water (about 10 minutes).
4. Let set in clean ice water for 4 hours.
5. Syrup:Mix ingredients for syrup.
6. Bring to a boil and pour over pickles.
7. Let stand overnight.
8. Next day, bring all to a boil and simmer 30-35 minutes.
9. Add green food color and put in jars and seal.
10. Not required to do the boiling water bath method.