Root Vegetable Pickles
(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)
I have no idea where she got them, but I have a box full of my mother’s hand written recipes, some of them nearly 100 years old.
Source: Mom's hand written recipe
Categories: pickles
Ingredients
- 3 cups cider vinegar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 3 Tbsp. mustard seeds
- 3 Tbsp. dry dill
- 2 bay leaves
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. ground red pepper
- 1/4 tsp. black pepper
- 2 large parsnips, peeled, thinly sliced
- 1 rutabaga, peeled, cut in half, thinly sliced ( or 2 turnips)
- 1/2 bulb fennel, trimmed, thinly sliced
- 1/2 red onion, peeled, cut in half, thinly sliced
Directions
- In a large saucepan, mix vinegar, brown sugar, herbs and spices. Heat to boiling; cook 5 minutes. Add prepared vegetables; cook 8 to 10 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Spoon vegetables into four clean, one-cup glass jars; divide liquid among jars. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving. May be refrigerated up to one week, or seal and process in hot water bath.
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makes about 4 half pint jars