Preserving Cucumbers: A Recipe for Pickling

[jrstephens]

My friend is trying to locate her recipe but has not found it yet.

She knows you soak them for a few hours in salted water, then add sugar, vinegar and celery salt/seed to them. Contains cucumbers, bell peppers and onions.

I have a bunch of cucumber that I want to put up this way b/c I do not want to have to do different steps for days to put them up.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[jrstephens]

Got it!Someone just called me with it! Here it is in case any one would like it.

6 cup cucumbers
1 cup bell peppers
1 cup onions

1 Tablepoon salt

Stir together cover store 2 hours

Drain all liquid

1 cup vinegar
2 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon celery seed

Sit in frig over night. mixture will dissolve on its own. Can store in frig up to 6 months.

 

[twinchefs]

Thanks! I love these.

 

[KellyTheChef]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm

Thanks! Too bad I don't have a garden full of cukes and zuchinni! You guys talking about all of these today is making me want some!

Guess I'll have to pay .75 per cuke at the store, dangit!

 

[KellyTheChef]

Jennifer~

I was reading over the recipe again, and I have a question.

After you let the cukes, peppers, and onions sit salted and you pour off the liquid, do you need to rinse them? It won't be too salty?

 

[KellyTheChef]

Another question:

Do they have to be thinly sliced for this to work? How "thick" can you make them?

 

[jrstephens]

I sliced mine with the V blade on the Mandoline.

I drained mine but did not rinse them. Some people rinse and some don't. The ones I tasted did not rinse theirs, so, I did not either. I guess it depends on how salty you like stuff.

I made a batch last night and have not tasted them yet. I am going to make another batch tonight. Iwill go taste last night's batch and tell you if they are really salty. Be back in a few minutes with the results.............

 

[jrstephens]

They did not taste salty at all. They still need to sit longer before eating I think for the flavors to soak more in the cucumber.

PS,
I got a huge jar at Walmart for $5 that will probably hold 3 makings of these. I found it on the aisle with the Canisters and stuff - not in the canning section.