Cucumbers

[BettyR]

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Redhen...
They are refrigerator pickles. There is no canning involved.

 

[joebryant]

I love this, but I don't know why it's called "soup" because
I drink it from a glass. When Anne makes it, it only lasts a
few hours.


Cucumber Soup

4 large cucumbers – peel and remove seeds
1 quart sour cream or yogurt
2 quarts buttermilk
¾ cup fresh lemon juice
2 t. salt
3 T. dill weed
½ cup chopped parsley
8 scallions

Blend one cup buttermilk and everything else in blender.
Put into a larger container. Add rest of buttermilk. Whip.
Chill and serve.

ETA - If you're a buttermilk lover like me, then you know it costs twice as much as regular milk. I learned to make my own buttermilk last week, and since then I drink a half gallon of buttermilk every day.
Have a quart container, two half-gallon containers, and a large pan with lid that will hold at least 1 1/2 gallons of milk.

Procedure:
Buy a quart of cultured buttermilk (one time only).
Buy a gallon of milk (1% or 2%)
Pour the milk and buttermilk into your large, covered pan.
Place the pan of milk/buttermilk on your counter or elsewhere for 24 hours, stirring three or four times.
After 24 hours, first fill the quart jar with the newly-made buttermilk and keep refrigerated for the next time you want to make a gallon.
Fill the two 1/2-gallon containers and put in the refrigerator to cool, or drink some while it's warm, or make some cucumber soup.

 

[harryg6167]

All we ever do with cucumbers besides eating them fresh with good fresh tomatoes
is can sweet pickles or sweet pickle relish.

 

[redhen]

Quote:
Redhen...
They are refrigerator pickles. There is no canning involved.

Thank you!

 

[redhen]

Quote:
That sounds great too, Joe! I bet that sour cream and buttermilk taste wonderful with the cucs...
Thanks!

 

[Kim_NC]

We make these....a favorite....

Claussen like Refrigerator Pickles

Boil a pot of water and let it cool to room temperature. In a bowl, mix and dissolve pickle liquid in the following ratio.

Pickle liquid:
3 1/2 cup water, boiled and cooled
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
2 1/2 Tbl pickling salt
1 1/2 Tbl sugar

For each jar:
Sliced pickling cucumbers to fill jar
1 garlic clove, peeled & diced
1/8 tsp dill seed
1/4 tsp mustard seed
1/16 tsp red pepper flakes
3-4 whole peppercorns

Put spices and garlic in bottom of any jar(s) that have a screw lid and
add the cucumbers. Fill the jar with the pickle liquid.

Put lid on jar(s) and shake to disperse spices. Set upside down on counter away from sunlight
and heat. Let sit 2 days, flipping the jar either upright or upside down each day then refrigerate.

 

[booker81]

I have three pickling recipes I use, two are really, really simple and good, one is more complex but fabulous!!

http://ramblingredneckmom.blogspot.com/2010/07/pickles-pickles-pickles.html

Have dill pickles, microwave bread and butter pickles, and sweet pickle relish. The bread and butter pickles take about 15 mins total to make, including slicing LOL!!!

 

[herfrds]

I make these every year for a potluck. I almost ran out last year.

These are also refridgerator pickles. Found the recipe in DH's grandmothers recipe book.

4c. Sugar
4c. vinegar
1/2c. pickling salt
1 1/3t. tumeric
1 1/3t. celery seed
1 1/3t. mustard seed
3 onions sliced thin
As many small pickling cucumbers that will fit into a gallon jar sliced thin. I think I used around 15 pounds, but I can't really remember right now.
Layer the cucs and onions.

Mix the syrup together and pour over the cucumbers and onions. Set in fridge. Stir once a day for the next 3 days.
Then serve.

 

[farmerKEN]

sliced cukes, onions, deli cheese, and italian dressing in a pita

or

cuke sandwich with italian seasoned cream cheese. (dry salad dressing mixed with cream cheese)

 

[redhen]

Yum! All great ideas! Thanks so much!!