Oct 11 2008
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Grandma Wills’ Pickled Wiener Recipe
Note on back of card: “Given to mom by a cowboy stunt man in Seligman. Do not give out!!”
Years ago, when my mom died of cancer, one of her few final requests was that Grandma make up a jar of Pickled Wieners. Yes, they’re really that good.
I went through the family cookbook and found the recipe card, and decided that this was too good to just sit on forever, so I typed it up.
A secret family recipe revealed, and the dying wish of a particularly eccentric woman.
The cowboy stunt man part makes this even more awesome than I remembered.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 qts distilled white vinegar
- 1/2 box pickling spices
- 4 teaspoons salt
- 10 cloves of garlic
- 1 12oz jar of hot peppers
- 4 lbs of skinless wieners (beef)
Preparation
- Boil Wieners in one pan to heat
- Boil other ingredients
- Heat 1 gal glass jar (A big pickle jar, of course!) with warm water. Pour out. (It would probably be best to properly sterilize the container with VERY hot water instead -ed)
- Wipe grease from Wieners
- Cut slits 2” into wieners
- layer wieners into jar with spices and vinegar. Fill in this way to top.
- Let it sit 5 days, or to taste. (Your patience will be rewarded)
- Brine may be re-used by adding new peppers.
I bet this would go really good with a very robust beer or barley wine.
