Name: Sweet Pickles #1
Ingredients: 1/2 ga Cucumbers; sliced; 1 ga Water; 1 c Lime; 1 qt Vinegar; 2 1/2 lb Sugar; 2 tb Pickling spice

You don’t have to be ascetic, and you don’t have to be afraid of the goodness of physical pleasure, to say that sexual intimacy and sexual climax get their final meaning from what they point to. They point to ecstasies that are unattainable and inconceivable in this life. Just as the heavens are telling the glory of God’s power and beauty, so sexual climax is telling the glory of immeasurable delights that we will have with Christ in the age to come. There will be no marriage there (Matt. 22:30). But what marriage meant will be there. And the pleasures of marriage, ten-to-the-millionth power, will be there.

John Piper

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Pickles	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	ga	Cucumbers; sliced
1	ga	Water
1	c	Lime
1	qt	Vinegar
2 1/2	lb	Sugar
2	tb	Pickling spice

INSTRUCTIONS

Soak cucumbers in water and lime for 24 hours in a glass or plastic
container or crock. Do not use metal. Drain and wash. Pack in ice for 2
hours. Combine vinegar, sugar and spices in large vessel; add cucumbers and
simmer 2 hours. Pack and seal in sterile jars while hot. Process.
NOTE:  Get a book on canning if unsure about sealing and processing.
MRS DONALD MCMICKLE (CLARICE)
AUBREY, AR
From the book <High Cotton Cookin'>, Marvell Academy Mothers Assn, Marvell,
AR  72366, ISBN 0-918544-14-9, downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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