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Letters - Mrs. Holly’s Pickles by Mr Barry Bellue
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Mrs. Holly’s Family Pickles

Special recipe:

  1. 2 gallons fresh pickling cucumbers (prefer young tender cucumbers)
  2. Place pickles in pickling crock
  3. Mix 2 cups salt to I gallon water, heat to boiling stage and pour over cucumbers.
  4. Allow to sit and ferment for 7 days.
  5. Drain and thoroughly wash cucumbers.
  6. Chop cucumbers into slices or chunks.
  7. Return pickles to pickling crock.
  8. For 3 consecutive days mix one gallon water to 1 T Alum and pour over pickles.  Pour off water mixture and repeat process.
  9. Rinse pickles thoroughly and return to pickling crock.
  10. On 4th  morning mix 6 cups white vinegar, 5 cups sugar, ¼ cup pickling spices.   Heat and pour over pickles.
  11. On 5th morning carefully drain vinegar/sugar mixture, add 2 cups sugar, heat and pour over pickles.
  12. On 6th morning carefully drain vinegar/sugar mixture, add 1 cup sugar, and heat to low rolling boil.
  13. Pack pickles in pint jars tightly and pour vinegar/sugar mixture over pickles covering top layer.
  14. Place lids and allow to seal.
  15. Pickles are better when placed in refrigerator before enjoying a jar.

(A special note Mrs. Holly’s handwritten recipe is attached below to marvel and remember the uniqueness of the person that shared this treasured piece of history)

Illustrations of Process: