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Zesty homemade pickles

BabyLovesPrada posted:

Made these last Saturday and ate two last night and they were AMAZING Ingredients

12 3 to 4 inch long pickling cucumbers speared or sliced
2 cups water
1 3/4 cups white vinegar
1 1/2 cups chopped fresh dill or ½ cup dried
8 cloves garlic, chopped
1 1/2 tablespoons coarse salt
1 tablespoon pickling spice
4-5 Tablespoons chopped garlic (depending on how much garlic you like)

DirectionsIn a large bowl, combine the cucumbers, water, vinegar, chopped dill, garlic, salt, pickling spice. Stir, and let stand at room temperature for 2 hours, until the sugar and salt dissolve.
Remove the cucumbers to either pickling jars or like in my case a huge ziplock freezer bag.
Ladle in the liquid from the bowl to cover. If you do individual jars, lace a sprig of fresh dill into each jar, and seal with lids.
Refrigerate for 10 days (or like in my case 5 lol) before eating. Use within 1 month.

22 Replies |Watch This Discussion | Report This| Share this:Zesty homemade picklesMade these last Saturday and ate two last night and they were AMAZING Ingredients <ul><li>12 3 to 4 inch long pickling cucumbers speared or sliced</li><li>2 cups water </li><li>1 3/4 cups white vinegar </li><li>1 1/2 cups chopped fresh dill or ½ cup dried</li><li>8 cloves garlic, chopped </li><li>1 1/2 tablespoons coarse salt </li><li>1 tablespoon pickling spice </li><li>4-5 Tablespoons chopped garlic (depending on how much garlic you like)</li></ul> DirectionsIn a large bowl, combine the cucumbers, water, vinegar, chopped dill, garlic, salt, pickling spice. Stir, and let stand at room temperature for 2 hours, until the sugar and salt dissolve. Remove the cucumbers to either pickling jars or like in my case a huge ziplock freezer bag. Ladle in the liquid from the bowl to cover. If you do individual jars, lace a sprig of fresh dill into each jar, and seal with lids. Refrigerate for 10 days (or like in my case 5 lol) before eating. Use within 1 month.

BabyLovesPrada responded:

I brought some of these to work for a coworker...he ate the ENTIRE container of them at lunch, LOL he kinda liked them.

Report This| Share this:Zesty homemade picklesI brought some of these to work for a coworker...he ate the ENTIRE container of them at lunch, LOL he kinda liked them.

BabyLovesPrada replied to BabyLovesPrada's response:

I made another batch of these the other day and cannot WAIT to eat them!!!!!!

Report This| Share this:Zesty homemade picklesI made another batch of these the other day and cannot WAIT to eat them!!!!!!

fenton04 responded:

When it is no longer cucumber growing season we buy commercial pickles. After eating the pickles we save the brine and use the same container with the brine. We just clean and cut up the pickles and let set for a couple weeks in the refrig. I would suggest just using the brine once or twice. After that the brine loses a lot of its flavor. Picked this tip on a pickle maker website. someone was asking for the recipe for the brine. The maker would not give out the recipe but did give a heads up on reusing the brine

Report This| Share this:Zesty homemade picklesWhen it is no longer cucumber growing season we buy commercial pickles. After eating the pickles we save the brine and use the same container with the brine. We just clean and cut up the pickles and let set for a couple weeks in the refrig. I would suggest just using the brine once or twice. After that the brine loses a lot of its flavor. Picked this tip on a pickle maker website. someone was asking for the recipe for the brine. The maker would not give out the recipe but did give a heads up on reusing the brine

rubystar2 replied to fenton04's response:

Woo Hoo. I just got some pickle cucumbers from someone's garden and I will be trying these today or tomorrow.

Honor Student: School of Hard Knocks

Report This| Share this:Zesty homemade picklesWoo Hoo. I just got some pickle cucumbers from someone's garden and I will be trying these today or tomorrow.

rubystar2 replied to rubystar2's response:

I think there's a mistake in this recipe. It says let stand until the sugar and salt dissolve but I don't see any sugar in the list of ingredients!!

Honor Student: School of Hard Knocks

Report This| Share this:Zesty homemade picklesI think there's a mistake in this recipe. It says let stand until the sugar and salt dissolve but I don't see any sugar in the list of ingredients!!

rubystar2 responded:

Aaack!! I'm trying to make these. There is no sugar in the list of ingredients yet the directions say let the mixture sit at room temperature for 2 hours until the sugar and salt dissolve! Can you correct the recipe?

Honor Student: School of Hard Knocks

Report This| Share this:Zesty homemade picklesAaack!! I'm trying to make these. There is no sugar in the list of ingredients yet the directions say let the mixture sit at room temperature for 2 hours until the sugar and salt dissolve! Can you correct the recipe?

rubystar2 replied to rubystar2's response:

Oops!!!! Sorry for the double post.

Honor Student: School of Hard Knocks

Report This| Share this:Zesty homemade picklesOops!!!! Sorry for the double post.

amanda2581 replied to rubystar2's response:

Just add some sugar to taste in that case rubystar is what I do.

Report This| Share this:Zesty homemade picklesJust add some sugar to taste in that case rubystar is what I do.

BabyLovesPrada replied to rubystar2's response:

Hey RS2 the origional reciepe called for sugar, but the people who posted that they made the recipe all felt it should have left out that it contributed nothing and made the pickles tast weird, So i have personally never made it with the sugar. LOL I actually just ate a pickle with my sandwhich!

Report This| Share this:Zesty homemade picklesHey RS2 the origional reciepe called for sugar, but the people who posted that they made the recipe all felt it should have left out that it contributed nothing and made the pickles tast weird, So i have personally never made it with the sugar. LOL I actually just ate a pickle with my sandwhich!

rubystar2 replied to BabyLovesPrada's response:

Aaurgh!!! I put about 3/4 cup sugar in it. I want them to be delicious!! I hope I didn't ruin it. I tasted a sip of the brine before I closed them up in jars and I liked the way it tasted. But then again, my favorite pickles are bread and butter pickles. So maybe it'll suit my taste. I open the 'fridge and stare at the jars of pickles daily. I have 10 days marked off on the calender. I'm like a kid waiting for Christmas. Sad, isn't it? ROFL

Honor Student: School of Hard Knocks

Report This| Share this:Zesty homemade picklesAaurgh!!! I put about 3/4 cup sugar in it. I want them to be delicious!! I hope I didn't ruin it. I tasted a sip of the brine before I closed them up in jars and I liked the way it tasted. But then again, my favorite pickles are bread and butter pickles. So maybe it'll suit my taste. I open the 'fridge and stare at the jars of pickles daily. I have 10 days marked off on the calender. I'm like a kid waiting for Christmas. Sad, isn't it? ROFL

rubystar2 replied to BabyLovesPrada's response:

Also, why is garlic listed twice? I cut my raw pickles into chips. That will work, won't it? I'm as excited about these pickles as I can get.

I need to get a life!!

Honor Student: School of Hard Knocks

Report This| Share this:Zesty homemade picklesAlso, why is garlic listed twice? I cut my raw pickles into chips. That will work, won't it? I'm as excited about these pickles as I can get. I need to get a life!!

amanda2581 replied to fenton04's response:

I do that also I blanch off some carrots and cucumbers and pearl onions and what ever veggie and put them rinsed under cold water and cool and add to the pickle brine, claussens brine is good to reuse add some extra vinegar and some spice,s.and put in the fridge for a few days,

Report This| Share this:Zesty homemade picklesI do that also I blanch off some carrots and cucumbers and pearl onions and what ever veggie and put them rinsed under cold water and cool and add to the pickle brine, claussens brine is good to reuse add some extra vinegar and some spice,s.and put in the fridge for a few days,

amanda2581 replied to rubystar2's response:

So that is who stold my pickeling cucumbers you varmit!!!hugs Rubystar! tee hee from slipper

Report This| Share this:Zesty homemade picklesSo that is who stold my pickeling cucumbers you varmit!!!hugs Rubystar! tee hee from slipper

amanda2581 replied to rubystar2's response:

Rubystar! are we going to have to nick name you PICKLE PUSS!!? lol!!!

Report This| Share this:Zesty homemade picklesRubystar! are we going to have to nick name you PICKLE PUSS!!? lol!!!

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