Hot Sweet Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 gal. dill or sour whole pickles
5 lb. sugar
1/2 to 3/4 c. dried minced garlic
3 to 6 oz.\tTabasco sauce
5 oz. 99% vinegar

Preparation

Buy good quality of pickles, not large pickles.
Many of the gallon jars of pickles are made from large cucumbers and they are soft and mushy.
Try to find the 48 ounce size.