"Fatima Blush" > wrote in message
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> I've been lurking for a few days, and I thought if anyone could help
> me, it would be someone here. When I was very young, between 5 and 7,
> my babysitter would feed me these pickles she had made. I remember
> asking for them first thing every time I stayed there. She has long
> since passed away, and only one person I've asked has known what I'm
> talking about, but she didn't know how to make them. I know she used
> food coloring in them as they were either bright red or bright
> green...she may have called them christmas pickles. They were sliced
> about as big as silver dollars and they had a very sweet, very tangy
> taste.....so tangy, if you ate too many, your tongue would start to
> burn. Some one told me they had heard they were made with "red hots"
> candies, but it may have just been plain cinnamon. They were in a
> syrup the consistancy of nectar or maybe a little thicker, and they
> were very crisp. Has anyone ever had these? I would love to be able to
> make them. I've enjoyed reading your posts. Thanks for the ideas!
>
>
> ~North
> Could they be "mostarda de cremona", which are Italian pickles very much
> as you describe but in my experience they are very hot until they have
> been open for some time when the heat seems to go out of them.
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