Okie Legacy

Pickles

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• Vada Paris McGill -- 3 Recipe(s)
• Zella - Auntie Jim Wakeman -- 1 Recipe(s)

Freezer Cukes -- From Vada Paris McGill

Vegetarian: No

7 cups, thinly sliced - Cucumber
1 medium - Onions
2 Tbs. - Pickling salt
1.5 cup - Sugar
0.5 cup - Vinegar

Steep together sugar and vinegar until sugar is dissolved. Soak Cukes and onions in salt water over night. Drain - DO NOT WASH. Mix sugar and vinegar. Pour over Cukes. Stir well and put in freezer containers. Freeze.

Submitted on 4/21/2002 by: LindaMcGill-Wagner

Dill Okra Pickles II -- From Vada Paris McGill

Vegetarian: No

3 lb., whole - Okra
- Celery leaves
cloves - Garlic
1 large head of dill & stems - Dill
1 quart - Water
1 pint - White vinegar
0.5 cup - Salt

Pack scrubbed okra into sterile pints with celery leaves, 1 clove garlic, and dill. Make brine of water, vinegar, and salt.. Boil. Pour over okra and seal. Let stand 3-4 weeks. Makes 6 pints

Submitted on 4/21/2002 by: LindaMcGill-Wagner

Dill Okra Pickes -- From Vada Paris McGill

Vegetarian: No

2 Lb. - Okra
4 cloves - Garlic
2 tsp. - Dill seed
0.25 cup - Pickling salt
2 cup - Water
2 cup - White vinegar

Wash okra and pack in sterilized jars. Add 1 clove garlic, 1 hot pepper , and ½ tsp. dill seed to each pint jar. Boil water, vinegar, and salt together. Pour over okra in jars. Let set overnight. Next morning pour liquid off of pickles and bring to boil. Pour over pickles and seal jars.

Submitted on 4/21/2002 by: LindaMcGill-Wagner

Auntie Jim's Lime Pickles -- From Zella - Auntie Jim Wakeman

Vegetarian: Yes

Auntie Jim was a nickname for my mother's younger sister, Zella Paris Wakeman. As far as I know, the children, cousins always called her Auntie Jim.

Soak 7 to 10 lbs. Of cucumbers, 2 cups lime, and 4 gallon water overnight. Rinse thoroughly. Make syrup of 2 quarts vinegar, 4-1/2 cups sugar, 1 tsp. Celery seed, 1 tsp. Mixed spices, 1 tsp. Whole cloves and 1 tsp. Salt. Cook 35 minutes. Seal hot.

Submitted on 4/23/2002 by: LindaWagner