AFFILIATE_ID 101 DIRECTIONS You could add green tomatoes cubed or small pickle cucumbers in place of or with the mirliton. Wash and rinse pint canning jars; keep hot until ready to use. Prepare lids according to manufacturer's directions. Wash, peel and cut chayote into strips, discarding the cores and seeds. Slice the onions and cut the pepper in strips. Combine vinegar, water, salt and spices in a Dutch oven or large saucepot. Bring to a boil stirring to mix ingredients. Optional pickling spices and red pepper could be added. Place the chopped vegetables (vegetable pear, onion, bell pepper) in the pickling jars. Fill the jars with the hot liquid to within one half inch from the top of the jar. Remove air bubbles and adjust headspace if needed. Wipe rims of jars with a dampened clean paper towel; apply two-piece metal canning lids. Process as needed. Or you could make a quick pickle by adding the peeled strips of mirliton to the liquid left when a good jar of pickle is all eaten. Allow the combination to stand in the refrigerator a few days. The flavor gets better as it gets older. EXPORT_TYPE TEXT IMAGE INGREDIENTS DESCRIPTION large mirliton cut in strips DIRECTION MEASUREMENT QUANTITY 3 DESCRIPTION white low acidic vinegar 5% DIRECTION MEASUREMENT cups QUANTITY 3 DESCRIPTION water DIRECTION MEASUREMENT cup QUANTITY 1 DESCRIPTION onion, sliced DIRECTION MEASUREMENT QUANTITY 1 DESCRIPTION bell pepper, sliced DIRECTION MEASUREMENT QUANTITY 1 DESCRIPTION each pickling (canning ) salt and black pepper 2 hot peppers or jalapeno, halved with seeds DIRECTION MEASUREMENT tsp QUANTITY 2 KEYWORDS NAME Canned Hot Pickles Cucumber or Mirliton (Mirleton) NOTE NUTRITION PREP_TIMES AMOUNT 20 TIME_TYPE_ID 9 TIME_UNIT_ID 2 AMOUNT 0 TIME_TYPE_ID 5 TIME_UNIT_ID 2 SERVINGS 0 SOURCE RealCajunRecipes.com TYPE 102