Green Tomato Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

7 lb. green tomatoes
1 gal. water
4 pickling lime
4 lb. sugar
1 gal. vinegar
1/4 c. pickling spices
1 stick cinnamon (2-inch)
1 tsp. salt

Preparation

Mix pickling lime and water well, letting any lime that does not dissolve settle
to
bottom.
Select,
wash,
dry and slice tomatoes.
Pour off
lime
water and add sliced tomatoes to it. Do
not
use
aluminumware.
Soak
24 hours, then wash each piece well
under
running water and dry.
Mix sugar and vinegar and pour
over
tomatoes.
Soak 12 hours.
Add spices and bring to boil.
Cook at that point for 30 minutes.
Place in churn
or glass
jars.
Yields approximately 8 pints.
Old South recipe.