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I PICKED CUKES TODAY N MUNCHED SOME TOO.
HERE IS HOW I LIKE THEM FOR SLICED PICKLES.




PART A

PART B COMING

PART 2

Get a nice clean crock
wash cukes an onions an peppers
Slice in the size you desire. I like mine small an thin. Is the reason for the gerkin type cukes.

Slice cukes,onions and peppers
4 quart of cuke
1 qt onions
4 small sweet peppers

pour 2/3 cup pickling salt on top
Pour 2 an half quarts water over the salt
Place a plate on top , Let set over nite.
2maro part 3

are you sending a jar to all your friends?

Stand by the mail box Sheri

Hurry so I don't get sunburned.

Raining here.

b

Good. You can stay inside and work on the pickles.

Yummm crock pickles

My grandmother use to make crock dill pickles ...aw man they were so... good. She would get them just right , crunchy outside with a punch of pucker like no other inside . I remember when my parents made them too, not like grandma's but sure were good.
Always knew when someone had just skimmed the crock...pickle smell through out the house hmmm .

Im going to try doing the easy ones this yr , stuff jar , fill with brime and store .

snow

Bet your booties they are the best.
Beat store bought

Here is the finish line for pickles

From a cuke to a pickle. Oh are they good.



dodge

OH.....YUMMY !!!

Where's step 3 ? How did you seal the lids ...hot bath? Our crock pickles where in the crock for wks before they were jared. Dad would have to taste test before they went to the jar...we always called them "pucker" pickles.

This will be my 1st at pickles thats why Im trying the easy route .
Truthfully I need to find ways of liking cukes...only like pickle form, dill,sweet&sour, butter.
Been getting the taste of them marinated in a viniger mix , but it needs to be soaked in good ....not big on the cuke taste itself.

snow

Thats step 3/

You lift them out of the crock. Do not pour it , lift.
add
4 cups vinegar
4 cups white sugar
4 teaspoons mustard seed

Bring it all to a boil
add 4 tsp of Tumeric
simmer min
POUR INTO HOT STERILIZED JARS
1/2 INCH FROM TOP
RUN A SILVER KNIFE AROUND THE SIDE TO LET OUT AIR BUBBLES
WIPE THE TOPS OF HE JARS, PAPER TOWEL

pUT ON LIDS AN TIGHTEN .......nO PROCESSING NECESSARY.

Im going have to try this, looks yummy :wink: .

Well I pick the 1st 3 today, left the wife 2 and I tryed something with mine .
Slice them thin added a tablespoon of sugar and a pinch or so of Kosher salt, let set for 15 mins .
... tossed them in a empty pickle jar with the leftover juice ...I been saving my juices for marnaides. Let set 1hr in fridge and serve.

I tryed them a hr later and ...they were pretty good for a quick try. Really took the cuke taste out, more time in the fridge and they should be real good .





snow

Can't harm you.
Hd often wondered if you can reuse the left over juices?
Any more ideaa?

b

Snow, when I make my pickles I make more of the juice(an extra half of the recipe), then after bottling up the processed cukes..I have lots of left over juice to bottle up for marinades and sauces

Yes Dodge..it tastes great when mixed in sauces and even coleslaw..

Your pickles look great by the way. Can't wait to start preserving here. Although I have alot left over from last year yet.

Good idea Tam

Thanks Tam
I picked more after dinner, an put them up in crocks over nite. I have to go to the attic an drag out another chrock.
Had to pick beans also.

Still have lots of blueberrys to pick.
Currants are done. I mixed black currant an red raspberrys an mad jam. It was yummy for the tummy.

b

looking good dodge. I'm still standing at the mailbox.

Stand by the mailbox.keep standing.

I'm just starting to get flowers on my beans and cukes...

Wow Dodge..our recipe is almost the same...I just use less tumeric.

Tam, my greenbeans haven't done well this year. I have flowers but not many beans so far. I think something is eating the flowers when I'm not looking.

dodge, I live on a major highway. If I get run over I'm blaming you.

High heat temps drop the flowers Sheri..

Dang me HUH?

Your not far behind on cukes ..Mine are very early here. Oodles of beans an cukes this time.

Nicest in years.

dodge

How do you guys anticapate my needs before I even know them. I was to try doing some pickles I am partial to Clausen pickles. How does this sound??



Garlic Dill Pickles- Makes fresh, deli-style dill pickles for canning.

Prep. Time : 0:35

1/2 cup kosher salt
1 cup distilled vinegar
4 1/4 cups water
fresh pickling cucumbers - sliced, quartered, OR whole
4-6 cloves (per jar) garlic - peeled, chopped
1 head (per jar) fresh dill - whole OR chopped
1/4 cup (per jar) sliced banana peppers - optional
10 (per jar) whole green peppercorns - optional

You could never 'can' those..too much water. You could make them and put them in the fridge though..

Having water as a brine with not enough vinegar is a sure fire way to get botulism..any recipe such as that must be labeled as 'icebox'..no canning ever.

Hmmmm it says canned pickles - glad I asked!! What if I pressure canned those puppies?? Thanks for the tip Tamp - dont like being sick :(

I'll have this batch with dinner tonight , how long is fridge live by this method of fridge marinating ?

I know I won't reuse the juice after this batch...have 3 more jars of juice.

snow