Spiced Pickled Pumpkin - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 lbs pumpkin, pared and cut into 1 inch cubes
1 teaspoon whole cloves
1 tablespoon broken cinnamon stick
1 quart vinegar
4 lbs sugar

Preparation

Place pumpkin in a kettle.
In another pot, add vinegar to sugar and heat to the boiling point.
Tie the spices in cheesecloth and add to vinegar/sugar mixture.
Boil 5 minutes; pour over pumpkin cubes.
Cook the pumpkin in the syrup until just tender.
Place in sterilized jars and seal at once.