Rose's Green Tomato Pickles

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 7 lbs green tomatoes, sliced
• 8 onions, sliced
• 2 cups household limes
• 2 quarts vinegar
• 8 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 3 tablespoons pickling spices
• 1 teaspoon celery seed

Recipe

• 1 mix together in crock 2 cups household lime and 2 gallons water.
• 2 add sliced tomatoes and onions.
• 3 soak 24 hours.
• 4 stir often.
• 5 drain lime solution and wash pickles until clean.
• 6 add 2 quarts vinegar, 8 cups sugar, and 2 teaspoons salt.
• 7 in a cloth put pickling spice and 1 teaspoon celery seed and tie this up.
• 8 put in with your pickles.
• 9 let stand overnight.
• 10 boil hard 35 minutes.
• 11 can in hot sterilized jars.