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Virginia Sweets
Sandy’s – Real Good

2 gal. pickles (small) larger ones cut lengthwise or chunks
1 pt. canning salt to 1 gal. water (boiling)

Pour over pickles and let stand 1 week.

Drain and pour fresh boiling water over them and let stand 24 hrs.

Drain and cover with fresh boiling water to which 1 tsp. alum has been added. (1 tsp. alum to 1 gal. of water) and let stand 24 hrs.

Drain and bring to boil the following ingredients and cool a little before pouring over pickles. | Add 1 pt. of sugar the first day.

5 pts. vinegar
2 sticks cinnamon bark
8 pts. sugar (some each day)
2 Tablespoons celery seed

Drain and heat each day for 4 days always cooling a little.

The first day only add 1 pt. of sugar.

Portion the rest of the sugar into equal parts and add rest of the days.

Can on the 5th day.–Do not heat pickles to can–just vinegar & can. Do not have boiling.