Tomato Lime Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

7 lb. green tomatoes
2 c. pickling lime
2 gal. water
8 c. distilled white vinegar
8 c. sugar
1 Tbsp. salt
2 tsp. mixed pickling spice

Preparation

Soak clean
green tomatoes in water and lime mixture in crockery or
enamelware
for
12
hours
or overnight.
Wash 3 times in clean
water and soak in fresh ice water for 3 hours. Combine remaining
ingredients
and bring to a low boil.
Stir until sugar is
dissolved.
Add green tomatoes and soak 5 to 6 hours or
overnight.
Boil
pickles
in
soaking liquid for 35 minutes.
Fill
sterilized
quart
jars
with
green tomatoes. Process 5 minutes in boiling water bath.