refrigerator pickles
2-4 good sized cucumbers, sliced
6 cups of water
2 cups of vinegar
1/4 cup of salt
heat the water, vinegar, and salt in a pot until salt is dissolved. let cool.
3 cloves of garlic per jar (i used the minced stuff and about 1/2 t. of it)
1/2 tsp. dill seed per jar
put the above in a canning jar, and then stack the cucumber slices in jar. next you will fill the jar with the vinegar/water/salt to the neck of the jar. i usually eyeball at this point to decide if i should put in more garlic and/or dill seed. wipe the rim of the jar clean with a towel and then screw on the lid.
i used pint size jars, but in the past i have also used larger jars. after you are through, i shake em up a lil bit to get the dill and garlic all over and then stick in the fridge.
they need to stay in the fridge for about 5-7 days.
then enjoy!!!
these make the yummies pickles. of course you can get more cucumbers or even the pickling size cukes and slice lengh ways. i usually triple or quadruple this recipe.
*edited due to not being clear on whether or not you cook the pickles (which you don't) thanks pretending sanity :)
4 comments:
looks really good. When you make the brine, do you boil it? And do you boil the cukes with the brine or add them later?
pretendingsanity
pretending sanity, i should have been clearer when i said heat above in pot...you only heat the water, vinegar, & salt. and you only heat it until the salt has dissolved. once this has cooled some, you will put it in the jars on top of the cucumbers, dill, & garlic. thanks for pointing this out to me so i can edit my recipe ;)
Is it just me or did you use monster sized pickles? Maybe the jars are small.
They look ginormous in the first pic.
I will have to try these (and some other cucumber inspired recipes as well)!
actually, they are really just normal sized cucumbers (normally i use the pickling kind, but i didn't have any). they turn out just fine. they are not bigger than the the hamburger/sandwich size ones at the store. i guess it all depends on whatcha like.
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