Penny Pickles Also Called Copper Pickles

Total Time: 4 hrs 25 mins Preparation Time: 4 hrs Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 224
• 6 quarts medium cucumbers (aprox 24 to 26 cups sliced thin like a penny)
• 7 large onions (aprox 7cups sliced thin like a penny)
• 4 sweet red peppers (aprox 3 1/3 cup sliced thin)
• 7 garlic cloves, thinly sliced (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon alum (optional)
• 1 -1 1/2 cup pickling salt
• boiling water, to cover
• 1 quart vinegar
• 6 cups sugar
• 3 teaspoons celery seeds
• 2 teaspoons mustard seeds

Recipe

• 1 makes 7 quarts
• 2 wash and cut the blossom end off of the cukes.
• 3 slice the cukes, peppers, onions and garlic if used, thin like a penny. i use my food processor.
• 4 (old way from mom).
• 5 cover the pickles with 1 1/2 cups of pickling salt and alum pour boiling water over the veggies allow to sit for 2 hours.
• 6 **new way mine** 1 cup of salt sprinkled over the veggies and then covered with ice and cold water, let sit overnight and rinse well before proceeding and that worked very well.
• 7 mix the last 4 ingredients and boil add drained veggies and cook for 15 minutes.
• 8 place quickly into pint (500ml) or quart (1l) jars and seal promptly.
• 9 process for 10 minutes if you like.