Recipe Elin's Pickled Pumpkin (Thanksgiving)

Required Ingredients:

• 4 pounds peeled and diced pumpkin
• 5 cups white sugar
• 5 cups distilled white vinegar
• 4 cinnamon sticks
• 15 whole cloves

Preparing/Cooking:

• Place the pumpkin in a large, deep bowl.
• In a large saucepan, mix the sugar, vinegar, cinnamon sticks and cloves.
• Boil 5 minutes.
• Pour the hot liquid over the pumpkin in the bowl.
• Cover and set aside 8 hours, or overnight.
• Strain the liquid into a large saucepan.
• Boil 5 minutes.
• Remove the cinnamon sticks and cloves, leaving a few bits for decoration.
• Place the pumpkin back into the liquid and return to boiling.
• Boil 5 minutes, or until pumpkin is transparent but crisp.
• Allow the mixture to cool.
• Transfer to sterile jars and refrigerate.

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