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How do I? ...Vegetable Pickles

Preparing and Canning Pickled Vegetables

Spiced Green Tomatoes

6 pounds small whole green tomatoes
9 cups sugar
1 pint cider vinegar (5%)
2 sticks cinnamon
1 tablespoon whole cloves
1 tablespoon whole allspice
1 tablespoon whole mace or ½ tablespoon ground mace

Yield: About 4 pint jars

Please read Using Boiling Water Canners before beginning. If this is your first time canning, it is recommended that you read Principles of Home Canning.

Procedure: Small green fig or plum tomatoes are suitable for this pickle. Wash, scald and peel. Make a syrup of the sugar, vinegar and spices. Drop in the whole tomatoes and boil until they become clear.

Pack tomatoes into hot jars, leaving ½-inch headspace. Strain syrup and cover tomatoes with the syrup, again leaving ½-inch headspace. Remove air bubbles and adjust headspace if needed. Wipe rims of jars with a dampened clean paper towel; adjust two-piece metal canning lids. Process in a Boiling Water Canner.

Table 1. Recommended process time for Spiced Green Tomatoes in a boiling-water canner.
		Process Time at Altitudes of
Style of Pack	Jar Size	0 - 1,000 ft	1,001 - 6,000 ft	Above 6,000 ft
Hot	Pints	15 min	20	25

This document was adapted from "So Easy to Preserve", 5th ed. 2006. Bulletin 989, Cooperative Extension Service, The University of Georgia, Athens. Revised by Elizabeth L. Andress. Ph.D. and Judy A. Harrison, Ph.D., Extension Foods Specialists.

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