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Title: Aunt May'S Pickled Green Tomatoes [England]
Yield: 8 Quarts

Ingredients

     15 lb (2 gal) green tomatoes *
    1/2 tb powdered alum
      2 c  cider vinegar
      2 ea stick cinnamon
      1 c  pickling salt
      2 qt boiling water
      5 c  sugar
      1    handful cloves

Instructions

* Green tomatoes should be fresh picked and sliced.

Arrange the tomatoes in layers in a large bowl or pickle crock,
sprinkling the salt between the layers. Let stand overnight. The
next day, drain, sprinkle with the alum, and pour the boiling water
over them. Let stand for 20 minutes. Drain, rinse, and drain again.
In an enamel or stainless steel preserving kettle combine cider
vinegar, sugar and the spices, tied in a cheesecloth bag. (The spice
bag should be kept in the syrup right up to the very end.) Bring to a
boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved and boil rapidly for 3
minutes. Pour the syrup over the tomatoes and let stand overnight.
Next day, drain off syrup and bring to a boil. Pour over tomatoes and
let stand again overnight. On the fourth day, put syrup and tomatoes
into the kettle, bring to a boil and simmer until the tomatoes are
transparent. Pack the tomatoes into hot jars. Boil the syrup until it
becomes quite thick or spins a long thread. Remove the spice bag and
pour the syrup over the fruit, filling the jars and seal.

Makes 8 Quarts.

Ron in Blackpool on the NW Coast of Ye Olde Merrie England !

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