Daughter, granddaughter and I just harvested

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#1 MissSophie

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Posted 20 June 2012 - 12:23 PM

any favorite pickle recipes out there. We will be canning!

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#2 HappyToBe

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Posted 20 June 2012 - 12:50 PM

Here is a good refrigerator pickle recipe I use often.

8 pounds 3-4 inch long pickling cucumbers
4 cups white vinegar
12 cups water
2/3 cup pickling salt - don't use iodized salt
2 (or more) cloves garlic, peeled per jar
1/2 tbsp dill seed per jar

Wash cucumbers and place in bowl or some container with cold water and lots of ice. Soak in ice water at least 2 hours, maybe overnight.

When you are ready to put them in jars, sterilize 8 quart jars and lids (or however many you are using) in boiling water for at least 10 minutes.

In large non-reactive (not aluminum) pot over medium-high heat, combine vinegar, water and salt. Bring the brine to a rapid boil.

In each jar place 1 or 2 cloves of garlic (1 for pint, 2 for quart - use more if you like), then enough cucumbers to fill the jar (quart jars take about 1 pound of cucumbers) you can slice them up as you would like or leave them whole, be sure to cut a little off the blossom end of the cuke. Then add another clove and 1/2 tbsp dill seed per jar. Fill jars with hot brine. Seal jars, making sure you have cleaned the rims of any residue.

If you turn the jars upside down and allow them to cool naturally, they will probably seal themselves. If they don't seal, use that jar first. Then just refrigerate the pickles and use them as you need to. They will last in fridge a long time.

CAUTION: Do not use hot water bath on these pickles - they will wilt and be nasty.

Happy canning!!!

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Posted 20 June 2012 - 05:07 PM

If you want crunchy pickles, you MUST soak them over night in pickling lime. We learned this last year.

Otherwise they will tend to be "mushy".

Good luck with them....done right they are WONDERFUL!!!

If you want crunchy pickles, you MUST soak them over night in pickling lime. We learned this last year.

Otherwise they will tend to be "mushy".

Good luck with them....done right they are WONDERFUL!!!

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