Title: Aunt Lula's Pregnant Pickles
Categories: Vegetable Pickle
Yield: 1 Gallon

10	lb	Sliced cucumbers, enough to
		Fill a gallon jar
2		Onions, peeled and sliced
4	c	Granulated sugar
1/2	c	Salt
2/3	ts	Dry mustard
2/3	ts	Turmeric

Place onions in the bottom of a gallon jar. Top with cucumber slices. Combine remaining ingredients and pour over cucumbers. Cover jar and refrigerate. Refrigerate 1 week before serving. The pickles keep 9 months in the refrigerator. Makes 1 gallon.

Aunt Lula was pregnant 11 times and never had the energy to make regular pickles. So she chopped, dumped and chilled the garden's bounty, according to Estelle Burney, who contributed this family recipe. Other people say the pickles got their name because they keep for an entire pregnancy.

Posted by: Esined #51 @9300 Meal Mastered by: R. Thompson #2 @4203 WWIVNet

From: Robert Miles Date: 05-26-96 (F) Cooking Ä

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