Fig Pickles (1964)

• 5 quarts, firm ripe figs
• 8 cups sugar
• 2 cups vinegar
• 1 1/2 tbspns whole cloves
• 1 1/2 tbspns allspice
• 1 1/2 sticks cinnamon

Wash and drain figs.  Dissolve 4 cups sugar in quarts water in kettle.  Add figs; cook until tender.  Add remaining 4 cups sugar, vinegar and spices. 

Let stand overnight in refrigerator.  Bring syrup and figs to boiling point.  

Sterilize pint jars, rings, and lids.  Fill hot jars with figs; fill with syrup.  Add rings and hot lids.  Tighten lids; process in 180 to 190 degree bath for 30 minutes.  

Remove from bath water; let cool away from draft. Remove rings; test for complete seal by gently lifting up on edge of lid.  Remove rings on jars.

(Origin - "Salads and Vegetables - Favorite Recipes of Home Economics Teachers" by Favorite Recipes Press, 1964. This recipe was by Mrs. Ruth L. Thorne of Imperial Junior High School in Ontario, California.) 

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