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      Title: Candied Dill Pickles
 Categories: Pickles
      Yield: 3 quarts

      3 qt Home style dill pickles (not
           -Kosher)

-----------------------------------SYRUP-----------------------------------
      5 c  Sugar
      3    Bay leaves
      1 pt Vinegar
      6    Whole cloves

  Slice pickles lengthwise and soak in cold water
  overnight. Next day, make syrup and bring to boil.
  Drain water off pickles and turn hot syrup over them.
  Let stand overnight. Next day, drain syrup off
  pickles. Pack pickles in jars.  Boil syrup 10 mins.
  and pour over pickles while hot.

  Source:  Peggy Young in the Siesta Key Pelican
  (2/17/94) :: MM by Sue Woodward

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and if you have extra dill seed..