Title: Green Tomato Pickles 3
Categories: Preserve Pickle
Yield: 8 Pints

7	lb	Small green tomatoes - sliced
1	c	Mrs. Wages Pickling Lime
2	ga	;Water plus more for - rinsing
5	lb	Sugar
6	c	Cider vinegar
1	ts	Cloves
1	ts	Allspice
1	ts	Mace
1	ts	Ginger
1	ts	Celery seed
1	ts	Cinnamon

Clean and pare tomatoes. Slice crosswise. Soak in water and lime mixture in a crockery or enamelware container for 24 hours. (No refrigeration is necessary.) Drain and soak in fresh water 4 hours, changing water every hour.

In a large pot, combine sugar, vinegar and spices. Bring to rolling boil and pour over tomatoes. Let stand 5 to 6 hours or overnight. (No refrigeration is needed.) Boil tomatoes in syrup for 1 hour.

Fill sterilized jars with hot tomatoes. Pour hot syrup over tomatoes, leaving 1/2" headspace. Cap each jar when filled. Process pints 10 minutes and quarts 15 minutes in a boiling-water-bath canner.

From Alice Colombo's 09/21/94 "Cook's Corner" column in "The (Louisville, KY) Courier-Journal." Pg. C6. Posted by Cathy Harned. From: Cathy Harned From: Helen Peagram Date: 19 Oct 97 National Cooking Echo Ä

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