Sugar Pickle

Ingredients

• 200 pounds coarse sea salt
• 5 pounds saltpeter
• 7 pounds sal soda
• 2 gallons water (for dissolving saltpeter and sal soda)
• 3 gallons of the saltpeter and sal soda solution
• water, sufficient to make 120 gallons of brine

Directions

1. Clean and prepare hogsheads to contain 120 gallons of pickle.

2. Weigh 200 pounds of coarse sea salt and dissolve it in water in a hogshead until two-thirds full.

3. In an iron kettle, simmer 5 pounds of saltpeter and 7 pounds of sal soda with 2 gallons of water until dissolved.

4. Add 3 gallons of this solution to each hogshead of brine, stirring constantly until well mixed.