Cinnamon Cucumber Rings

Submitted by TWS8034

"This is from my Mother in law."

 

• Ready In: 75hrs
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 6-10 jars
• Serves: 8-12

ingredients

• 2 gallons cucumbers, seeded, peeled and sliced
• 2 cups limes, sliced
• 8 1⁄2 quarts water
• 1 cup vinegar
• 1 ounce red food coloring
• 1 tablespoon alum
• 2 cups vinegar
• 2 cups water
• 10 cups sugar
• 8 cinnamon sticks
• 1 (12 ounce) bag red-hot candies

directions

1. Prepare cucumbers.
2. add lime and 8 1/2 qts water.
3. let stand 24 hrs.
4. drain, rinse, soak 3 hrs in cold water.
5. drain again.
6. simmer for 2 hrs in vinegar, red color, alum and enough water to cover.
7. drain.
8. Heat to make syrup of the last 5 ingredients (vinegar, water, sugar, and cinnamon sticks, and red hots).
9. Pour over the cucumbers.
10. let stand overnight or 8 hrs.
11. Drain and reheat syrup and pour over again letting stand for another 8 hours.
12. Heat syrup a 3rd time, pack rings in jars and fill with hot syrup and seal.

Reviews

[LynnCBehnke]

From past experience, I made the conversion, but anyone new to Cinnamon Cucumber Rings needs to realize there is most likely an error in these directions. I don't think it is sliced limes that go in the soaking water but pickling lime--an ingredient that makes them crunchy. You can find pickling lime with canning supplies at the grocery store. All the cinnamon cucumber rings I have ever made call for either pickling lime or alum. When done right, these are slightly translucent and wonderfully crisp.

 

[Wineaux]

This sounds like a lot of work, but it's worth it! The finished product tastes like those pricy spiced apple slices you get around the holidays. When I first tried the recipe, I used cucumbers that had grown too large to eat, removing the seedy middles and slicing the remaining cucumber flesh. As a much less experienced cook in those days, I had everything in my kitchen stained pink from the food coloring in the recipe - LOL. But the end result was so appreciated by my family, I continued to make this. Thanks for posting!!