Iced Green Tomatoes

Total Time: 53 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 52 hrs 40 mins

Ingredients

• 7 lbs green tomatoes, washed and sliced very thin
• 2 gallons ice water
• 1 cup pickling lime
• 5 lbs sugar
• 3 pints vinegar
• 1 tablespoon whole allspice
• 1 tablespoon whole cloves
• 3 slices gingerroot
• 5 -6 cinnamon sticks
• 1 tablespoon celery seed
• syrup

Recipe

• 1 use plastic or glass to make these in, don't use metal bowls etc.
• 2 soak tomatoes for 24 hours in the ice water and lime.
• 3 after the 24 hours, change the water and rinse tomatoes, continue to soak and rinse every 1/2 hour for 4 hours.
• 4 in a large pot mix sugar and vinegar.
• 5 bring this mixture to a boil and add tomatoes.
• 6 make a spice bag with cheese cloth and put spices in this.
• 7 add spice bag to the mixture.
• 8 take off heat and let soak overnight (i refrigerate after it is cool).
• 9 return to stove and bring to boil for 30 minutes.
• 10 "stack"tomatoes in jars.
• 11 pour syrup over.
• 12 wipe rim of jar and put lid on.
• 13 water bath for 10 minutes.