Mary Ann's Sweet Pickles Recipe

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Mary Ann's Sweet Pickles
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Ingredients:

  • 75 small cucumbers
  • 5 cups sugar
  • 5 cups vinegar (5% brown)
  • 1 tbsp alum
  • cheese cloth
  • 1 large stone jar

Directions:

  1. Put cucumbers in a stone jar ( or very large tupperware) with cold water with 1 cup canning salt. Let sit covered for one week. Be sure cucumbers are submerged by placing a plate or something on them and then something heavy on top like a mason jar filled with water.
  2. Drain.
  3. Cover for one day with fresh boiling hot water. (Day 8).
  4. On 9th day cut/ split the cucumbers. Cover for second day with alum and fresh boiling water.
  5. On 10th day make your syrup.
  6. Combine pickling spice and celery seed in cheese cloth, bring to boil with sugar and vinegar.
  7. Cover cucumbers with the syrup. If this amount does not cover make additional syrup by just adding 1 cup sugar to 1 cup vinegar until cucumbers are covered. Again be sure all pickles are submerged in syrup.
  8. For a total of three days cover each morning with BOILING hot syrup.
  9. (10th day cover with boiling hot syrup).
  10. (11th day drain syrup back into pot and bring to boil and cover again with same syrup boiling hot).
  11. 12th day (repeat day 11) transfer to jars and put in the refrigerator or can in jars.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 701.69 Kcal (2938 kJ)
Calories from fat 15.88 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1.76g 3%
Cholesterol 0.26mg 0%
Sodium 4784.11mg 199%
Potassium 2783.11mg 59%
Total Carbs 145.91g 49%
Sugars 117.85g 471%
Dietary Fiber 21.6g 86%
Protein 21.24g 42%
Vitamin C 62.3mg 104%
Iron 4.2mg 23%
Calcium 412.3mg 41%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 30.57 Kcal (128 kJ)
Calories from fat 0.69 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.08g 3%
Cholesterol 0.01mg 0%
Sodium 208.45mg 199%
Potassium 121.26mg 59%
Total Carbs 6.36g 49%
Sugars 5.13g 471%
Dietary Fiber 0.94g 86%
Protein 0.93g 42%
Vitamin C 2.7mg 104%
Iron 0.2mg 23%
Calcium 18mg 41%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 13.4
    Points
  • 17
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • low calorie,
  • fat free,
  • saturated fat free,
  • cholesterol free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar

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