Since we got so many cucumbers from Bountiful Baskets, I decided to NOT waste them this time. I made pickles!
I got the recipe from a website, but I am not sure if it is the best one. They are preeetty vinegary. But they're still OK enough to eat. Plus it was fun to make them.
The jar was from DI (which James was nervous about, but I did my best to sanitize it) and came with a handy dandy lid. It only held about 1.5 cucumbers. I guess that's pretty decent, though. Then I made brine with vinegar (probably too much), water, salt, some spices, and loads of dill weed. We just happen to have dill weed in our spice rack that we got for our wedding. Yay! However, James says the pickles aren't very dilly.
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Then we packed 'em up and let them sit in the fridge for a few days. Making pickles seems pretty easy and works great, but the flavor is the tricky part. Next time, I will buy some Famous Dave's pickles, eat them all, and then re-use the juice for our next batch of cucumbers.
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You're brave. Pickles are tough. They're easy to make jars and jars of, but then you have to eat them, even if they're not dilly enough.
ReplyDeleteHahaha yes... The tough part. Luckily they supposedly last a year. :)
DeleteDill with it. That's funny.
ReplyDeleteI was so very proud that I thought of that all on my own. :)
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