Pickle Farming

[Msbear]

Thanks, citygirlinthecountry!!! It'll be our little secret... well, ours and 40,000 others

 

[katiesarahsmom]

CityGirlInTheCountry ~~~ Thanks For sharing!!

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

You are very welcome! It was shared with me all those years ago. Well, actually I tracked down the old lady that brought them to the funeral dinner and begged until she took pity on me! They tasted like the pickles of my childhood. YUM!

Katy- will you please post your dill pickle recipe? I have tried and tried to make dill pickles and they always turn out mushy. I'd love a good dill recipe!

 

[Msbear]

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Do you cold pack them then pour the hot liquid over the cold cukes before the water bath?

I canned a bunch of bread and butters for the first time yesterday and used some regular cukes and did a few jars of canning cukes. They both turned out awesome. I did slice the reg. cukes a bit thicker. I used this simple recipe but want to do the funeral pickles when I get the huge harvests later in the season. Here' the recipe http://blog.cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2008/07/how-to-make-bread-and-butter-pickles.html One comment mentioned how they turned out a bit salty so I lessened the amount of salt in the brine by half and they turned out fantastic!!

I'd like a good dill recipe too. I have a few from the net but they are always hit or miss.

 

[Katy]

My recipe is very simple:

3 cups white vinegar
1 cup canning salt
1 gallon water
dill heads
garlic cloves (I leave the garlic out)
Enough 3-4 inch cucumbers to fill 9-10 quart jars.

Heat the brine until hot and salt is dissolved. Place one dill head in bottom of each jar, and pack full of cucumbers. Cover with hot brine. Process in a hot water bath canner for about 5-6 minutes.

 

[havi]

Thanks Katy, I saved that one with the funeral pickle ones. This will be my first year to can anything and I really want to try pickles or pickled okra first.

 

[Katy]

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I use the same brine for okra and green tomatoes.

 

[havi]

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Okay thanks, that helps. I do have a couple questions though. How many cucumbers do you normally buy to make this recipe? I know you said you dont use garlic, but if I do(since I LOVE garlic) do I just use one clove per quart?



Sorry for hijacking your thread.

 

[Katy]

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Okay thanks, that helps. I do have a couple questions though. How many cucumbers do you normally buy to make this recipe? I know you said you dont use garlic, but if I do(since I LOVE garlic) do I just use one clove per quart?



Sorry for hijacking your thread.

I grow my own cucumbers so I just do what I have ready in the garden for that day. Sometimes it's enough for a full recipe, sometimes I only have enough for 1/2 recipe of the brine.

My mom-in-law usually used 1 or 2 cloves of garlic.....just depends on how much of a garlic fan you are.