This is a Feast! Grandma's Virginia Chunk Pickles
The second thing I ever pickled and canned was Mawmaw Ellis' Virginia Chunk Sweet Pickles. Mawmaw Ellis died when I was six years old. She was my Great Gre.
Virginia Chunk pickles, all sealed and done. Chunk, Pickles, Cucumber
Ingredients: 75 pickling cucumbers 4 to 5 inches long or use 2 gallons of small cukes. (You can use just about any kind of cucumber, but pickling cukes work better)
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I found recipes titled things such as Virginia Sweet Chunk Pickles and Grandma's 14 Day Fermented Chunk Pickles that my father confirmed were close, very close. So I made a small batch.
several jars filled with pickles sitting on top of a table
Boil and pour over cucumbers. Let stand 1 week. (In hot weather, skim daily). Drain and cut in chunks. For the next 3 mornings, make a boiling solution of 1 gallon water 1 tablespoon powdered alum. Drain first solution and pour water-alum solution over cucumbers. Make a fresh solution each day. On the 4th day, drain and discard alum water.
This is a Feast! Grandma's Virginia Chunk Pickles
Virginia Chunk Sweet Pickles. 75 cucumbers 4 or 5 inches long, or 2 gallons small ones; Or use what you have; most any nice solid cucumber makes a nice pickle; MAKE brine of a proportion of 2 cups salt to one gallon water, boil and pour over cucumbers boiling hot. Weight down to keep under brine. Let stand one week. In hot weather skim daily.
These Virginia Chunk Sweet Pickles were a childhood favorite of mine
Make a solution of 6 c. vinegar, 5 c. sugar, 1/3 c. pickling spice, and 1 tbl celery seed. Heat to boiling and pour over cucumbers. On the fifth morning, drain liquid off of cukes into a large pan and add 2 c. sugar. Heat to boiling and pour over pickles. On the sixth morning, drain pickles into a saucepan and add 1 c. sugar.
Virginia Chunk Pickles Recipe Easy Kitchen Guide
This step helps remove excess salt and spices from the cucumbers. Step 6. Prepare Sweetening Mixture: In a separate saucepan, combine the golden honey crystals and amber agave nectar. Heat the mixture over medium heat, stirring constantly until the crystals and nectar blend together, forming a syrup-like consistency.
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JOSIE'S VIRGINIA CHUNK SWEET. PICKLES. 75 cucumbers, 4 or 5 inches long or 2 gal. sm. ones. Salt (use salt that is especially for canning) Melt brine of a proportion of 2 cups salt to 1 gallon water; boil and pour over cucumbers. Weight down to keep under brine. Let stand 1 week. In hot weather, skim daily. Drain and cut in chunks.
Pickle Juicers Chicken Tenders Mt Olive Pickles
Day 1: Chunk cucumbers and add to a 5 gallon bucket with 2 cups salt and 1 gallon water. Let stand for 3 days making sure to mix everyday and to somehow press the pickles down so that they stay below the brine (I put a plate on top with the gallon jug of vinegar on top). Day 4: Drain, cover with clear water, let stand for 24 hours. Day 5: Drain.
This is a Feast! Grandma's Virginia Chunk Pickles
VIRGINIA CHUNK SWEET PICKLES. Make brine of 2 cups salt to 1 gallon water. Boil and pour boiling water over cucumbers. Let stand 1 week in hot weather. Skim daily. Drain and cut into chunks. The next 3 mornings make a boiling hot solution of 1 gallon water and 1 tablespoon alum and pour over pickles (fresh hot bath for 3 mornings).
This is a Feast! Grandma's Virginia Chunk Pickles
Day 14. One the sugar has dissolved completely, you can pack the sweet pickles into jars. Sterilize jars, lids and rings. Spoon pickles into pint-sized jars. Be sure to leave ½ inch of headspace and make sure the pickle slices are covered with syrup. Wipe the jars clean before adding the lids and rings.
Virginia Chunk Sweet Pickles Favorite Family Recipes
Virginia sweet pickle chunks. Yield: 6 Servings. Measure Ingredient; 75 \N: Cucumbers; 4-5 inches long or-2 gallons: Smaller cucumbers \N \N: Powdered alum \N \N: Salt \N \N: Sugar. Chocolate chunk cookies; Martha's virginia cake; Old virginia ketchup; Old virginia pound cake; Orange chocolate chunk cookies; Oyster sauce for virginia ham.
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Day 2: Drain the water on the cucumbers and cover them with salt and fresh boiling water. Day 3: Add the powdered alum to the cucumbers before adding the boiling water. Day 4: Drain the pickles and add the pickling spice packet to the jar. Bring the cider vinegar to a boil and pour it over the cucumbers.
Virginia Chunk Pickles Recipe Easy Kitchen Guide
Drain, reserving syrup. Heat syrup & spices to boil and pour over pickles. Let stand 24 hours. Repeat the last step three times. Pack pickles into hot canning jars, leaving ¼ inch head space. Remove spice bag. Bring syrup to boil. Pour, boiling hot, over pickles, leaving ¼ inch head space. Adjust caps.
Mild Okra Mt Olive Pickles
Heat 6 cups vinegar, 5 cups sugar, ⅓ cup pickling spice, and 1 tablespoon celery seed to boiling and pour over the pickles- allow to sit overnight. On the fifth morning, drain this liquid off, reserving it, and add to it 2 cups more sugar, heat again to boiling point and pour over the pickles.
Virginia Chunk Pickles Recipe Easy Kitchen Guide
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