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                          Pimento Sweet Pickles

Recipe By     : The Household Searchlight
Serving Size  : 6    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Pickles

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  24                    Red sweet peppers
   1       tb           Whole cloves
   1                    Mace blade
   3                    Cinnamon stick (1")
   1       tb           Allspice
   1       sm           Fresh ginger piece
   1       tb           Whole mustard seed
   4       c            Vinegar
   7       c            Sugar

  Wash peppers, remove seeds and membranes. Soak overnight in a brine
  made in proportion of 1 tb salt to 1 qt water. Drain and chop
  peppers. Heat spices, vinegar, and sugar. Add peppers. Simmer for
  30 minutes. Strain. Pack peppers in freshly sterilized jars. Boil
  down the pickle syrup until thick and pour over peppers until jar
  is filled.


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