Lime Pickles

I spent the past couple days making lime pickles using my mom's recipe. It didn't take long for me to realize Mom left a lot of details out when she typed this up many years ago.

For one thing, Mom had been canning since she was a young girl, so she didn't need to write down the instructions for canning the pickles. Time to dig out the Ball® Blue Book.

The first step is to clean and slice the cucumbers and soak them in the lime water mixture. They have to soak in this mixture for 24 hours.



















Next you rinse the cucumber slices two or three times and put in a cold water bath for 3 hours.
















After three hours, drain the cucumber slices and put in a large pot (I used a stock pot) with the brine, placing the spices in a spice bag (small muslin bag). Let soak overnight, about 8 hours. Then bring to a simmer and let simmer for 35 minutes.













After it has simmered for 35 minutes. it's time to hot can the pickles. This is the finished product.

These are a sweet pickle. They have much more flavor than the sweet pickles you buy in a store. These are our absolute favorite pickles.