Appetizers, Vegetables

Candy Cucumber Rings

  • 2 gallons Cucumberspeeled,cored and sliced
  • 1 ounces Red food coloring
  • 8 Cinnamon sticks
  • 3/4 cups Red hot candies
  • 10 cups Sugar
  • 2 cups Pickling lime
  • 3 cups Vinegar
  • 1 tablespoons Alum

    • FIRST DAY: Soak cucumbers overnight in 2 cups lime and 8 1/2 qts. water.

    SECONDDAY: Wash in cold water, let soak in ice water for 3 hrs. Drain well. Simmer 2 hrs. in 1 cup vinager, 1 Tablespoon of alum, food color, with enough water to cover.

    Drain well and throw away. Make andheat syrup 2 cups vinegar, 2 cups water, 7 cups of sugar, 8 sticks cinnamon, 3/4 cup red hot candy. Pour over rings letstand 24 hrs.

    THIRD DAY: drain off syrup add 1 cup of sugar, reheat and pour over rings.

    FOURTH DAY: Same as above.

    FIFTH DAY: Drain off syrup and add 1 cup ofsugar. Pack cucumbers in jars, cover with hot syrup. Put rings and seals on, tighten.

    This recipe courtesy of the From My Kitchen Cookbook. 

    Contributed by Cleo Taylor of Lenoir, NC. 

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