Pickled Pumpkin
Adapted from, The Complete Book of Pickles and Relishes by Leonard Louis Levinson
Pickled Pumpkin
makes 6 pints
4 or 5 pound long island cheese pumpkin
Salt
1 pint vinegar
1/2 pint maple sirup
4 whole cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1 small cinnamon stick
12 peppercorns
1 bay leaf
2 small cloves of garlic
Peel and seed the pumpkin and cut into small cubes. Sprinkle with salt and let it stand 2 or 3 hours. Meanwhile make a sirup of the remaining ingredients. Wash salt off pumpkin, pack into hot, sterilized jars and pour the sirup over it. Place on lids and process in a water bath canner for 20 minutes.