14 Day Unsealed Pickles Recipes

Steps:

• 1ST DAY: Dissolve salt in 1 gallon boiling water.
• Pour over cucumbers and let stand overnight.
• 2ND DAY: Pour off salt water.
• Add 1 gallon boiling water mixed with alum.
• Let stand overnight.
• 3RD DAY: Pour off alum water.
• Add 1 gallon clear boiling water.
• Let stand 24 hours.
• 4TH DAY: Boil 1 gallon vinegar and spices wrapped in cloth bag.
• Boil 15 minutes and pour over drained cucumbers.
• Let stand 9 days moving spice bag around each day.
• 13TH DAY: Slice or cut pickles and layer alternately with sugar until all sugar is used.
• Let stand overnight.
• 14TH DAY: Can.
• (Sugar will pull juice out of cucumbers and make a syrup.) Recipe calls for unsealed pickles; however, I heat the syrup and pickle slices and pack them in hot jars.
• I store these in refrigerator.

Steps:

• Combine cucumbers, water and walt in a large pan; heat to boiling, to dissolve salt.
• Pour over cucumbers and let set on counter for 7 days. (Use plastic or glass containers.).
• On the eighth day drain and cover with plain water in same container.
• On ninth day drain and cover with alum and boiling water.
• On the tenth day drain and cover with boiling water; cool and drain.
• Cover with vinegar, sugar, and pickling spice that has been heated to boiling; let set on counter.
• For next four days drain syrup into pan and add 1 cup more sugar.
• On the 14th day you can process pickles by canning or keep in the refrigerator indefinitely (years).

Steps:

• Wash cucumbers.
• Cover with salt water (1 cup pickling salt to 1 gallon water).
• Let stand for a week.
• Keep scum off daily.
• Make sure pickles stay under water.
• Drain and cover with boiling water.
• Leave 24 hours.
• Drain, cut into slices and cover with boiling water again.
• Add 1 large tablespoon of alum.
• Let stand three days.
• Drain.
• Cover with boiling water again.
• Let stand overnight.
• Drain.
• Cover with syrup for four days.
• Syrup: 10 pounds of sugar, 2 quarts white vinegar, 3 tablespoons of Picking spice, a couple of sticks of cinnamon.
• Tie in a cheesecloth bag.
• Drop in sugar mixture and bring to a boil.
• Drain syrup and heat to boiling.
• Pack in hot jars on 4th day.
• Pour syrup over pickles and seal jars.

Steps:

• 1. Mix salt in enough boiling water to cover pickles. Put lid on and let the cucumbers set for 7 days.
• 2. 8th day: take salt water off. Put boiling water over them set for 1 day
• 3. 9th day: put 1 tablespoon alum and more boiling water over cucumbers.
• 4. 10th day: wash real good Add sugar, vinegar, and pickle spice Pour over pickles and let them set another 5 days (and these days add up to 15 to me...but who's counting...lol what do I know..maybe I'm missing something) Anyway...14-15 days you still get awesome pickles!!! ;-)
• 5. Can in quart jars or keep refrigerated.

Steps:

• Pour brine on cucumbers and refrigerate 24 hours.