How much alum should I use when canning pickles?
By Pam
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Your pickle recipes should tell you this information, or else google it. I'm sure the amount depends on the recipe.
Try this site. It may help answer your question.
www.four-h.purdue.edu/
Pam, read this below on alum in pickling. Also this is a good home canning site. Backwoods Home Magazine for self-reliant living. www.backwoodshome.com/articles/clay53.html
www.ask.com/
It is a chemical made with aluminum that crisps pickles. You have to be careful though and make sure it gets rinsed off because it is potentially dangerous. 1 oz ingested has been known to kill an adult.
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