Recipe: Pickled Mixed Vegetables

If you don't want it that sweet, you can safely cut down on the sugar.

PICKLED MIXED VEGETABLES

4 lb. of 4- to 5-inch pickling cucumbers, washed, and
cut into l-inch slices (cut off l/l6 inch from
blossom end and discard)
2 lb. peeled and quartered small onions
4 cups cut celery (l-inch pieces)
2 cups peeled and cut carrots (l/2-inch pieces)
2 cups cut sweet red peppers (l/2-inch pieces)
2 cups cauliflower flowerets
5 cups white vinegar (5% acidity)
l/4 cup prepared mustard
l/2 cup canning or pickling salt
3-l/2 cups sugar
3 tbsp. celery seed
2 tbsp. mustard seed
l/2 tsp. whole cloves
l/2 tsp. ground turmeric

YIELD: About 10 pints

PROCEDURE: Combine vegetables, cover with 2 inches of
cubed or crushed ice, and refrigerate 3 to 4 hours. In 8-
quart kettle, combine vinegar and mustard and mix well. Add
salt, sugar, celery seed, mustard seed, cloves and tumeric. Bring to a boil. Drain vegetables and add to hot pickling solution. Cover and slowly bring to boil. Drain vegetables but save pickling solution. Fill vegetables in hot, sterile pint jars (see directions below for sterilizing jars), or clean quarts, leaving l/2-inch headspace. Add pickling solution, leaving l/2-inch headspace. Adjust lids and process.

Sterilization of Empty Jars

To sterilize empty jars, place them right side up on
the rack in a boiling-water canner. Fill the canner and
jars with hot (not boiling) water to 1 inch above the tops
of the jars. Boil 10 minutes at altitudes of less than
1,000 feet. At higher elevations, boil 1 additional
minute for each additional 1,000 feet elevation. Remove and
drain hot sterilized jars one at a time as filled.

RECOMMENDED PROCESS TIMES FOR PICKLED MIXED
VEGETABLES IN A BOILING-WATER CANNER

Process Times at Altitudes of
Style
of Jar 0- 1001- 6001-
Pack Size 1000 ft. 6000 ft. 8000 ft.
Hot Pints 5 min. 10 min. 15 min.
Hot Quarts l0 l5 20