SWEET SOUR PICKLES

Ingredients:

• 150–160 small cucumbers (cut into pieces if large)
• ¼ cup salt
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons dry mustard
• Spices: cloves, cinnamon stick, ginger root
• About 2 quarts vinegar
• Additional sugar (up to 2 lbs)

Instructions:

1. Scrub cucumbers, dry, put in jars with ¼ cup salt, and pour boiling water over them. Let stand overnight, then drain and dry.
2. Boil salt, sugar, mustard, cloves, cinnamon, ginger, and vinegar together.
3. Pour the spice mixture over cucumbers.
4. Starting the next day, add 1 cup of sugar daily until 2 lbs. are used, stirring each time. Store in an open jar.