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Pickled Lily Flowers

You can use freshly harvest lily buds (day lily buds) or reconstituted dried lily buds (dried lily flowers).  The buds are pickled with allspice, cinnamon, cloves, brown sugar and vinegar.

Yield: 8 - 1/2 pint jars
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Ingredients

2 quarts day lily buds, freshly boiled and drained or 3 cups dried
3 cups white vinegar
3/4 cups light brown sugar, packed
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon whole allspice
2 two-inch sticks cinnamon, broken up into pieces 
10 to 12 whole cloves


Instructions

Rinse and drain unopened day lily buds; clip off any stem remnants. If using dried buds, allow them to soak 30 minutes in warm water. Put buds in a saucepan; add water barely to cover. Bring quickly to a boil, cover, and simmer 20 minutes. Drain.

Pack hot buds into 8 sterile half-pint canning jars.

Combine vinegar, brown sugar, salt, allspice, cinnamon, and cloves in a saucepan and bring to a boil; boil 3 minutes. Pour pickling solution over buds, distributing spices equally. Seal.

Posted: 8/14/2009 9:52:08 AM
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