Name: Pimiento Sweet Pickles
Ingredients: 24 Red sweet peppers; 1 tb Whole cloves; 1 Blade mace; 3 Inch stick cinnamon; 1 tb Allspice; 1 sm Piece ginger root; 1 tb Whole mustard seed; 4 c Vinegar; 7 c Sugar

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Kevin DeYoung

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains		Pickles	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

24		Red sweet peppers
1	tb	Whole cloves
1		Blade mace
3		Inch stick cinnamon
1	tb	Allspice
1	sm	Piece ginger root
1	tb	Whole mustard seed
4	c	Vinegar
7	c	Sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

Wash peppers, remove seeds and membranes.  Soak overnight in a brine made
in proportion of 1 tablespoon salt to 1 quart water. Drain and chop
peppers. Heat spices, vinegar, and sugar.  Add peppers. Simmer 1/2 hour.
Strain. Pack peppers in freshly sterilized jars. Boil down the pickle sirup
until thick and pour over peppers until jar is filled. The Household
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