Making Homemade Pickles

[Grumpaw]

Any of you make your own homemade pickles ?
Got tired of the commercial stuff as I like good garlicky dill pickles that are "crunchy" and make your mouth "pucker" !
Anyone else out there in Ranger Land ?

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[Joeiconic]

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[Nellieg]

Depends on my cucumber crop

 

[Tracy Bowman]

Any of you make your own homemade pickles ?
Got tired of the commercial stuff as I like good garlicky dill pickles that are "crunchy" and make your mouth "pucker" !
Anyone else out there in Ranger Land ?

I’ve made them once. My parents always made them every year. I need to get back to it. My favorites are bread & butter pickles.

 

[Apples]

I'm always in a pickle, but that is a whole new thing! Should I mention? I don't like pickles!

 

[AzScorpion]

I tried but it didn't go so well.

 

[Grumpaw]

I tried but it didn't go so well.

Your not supposed to get them "sour" like that !!!

 

[Joeiconic]

Home made v. Store bought pickles

 

[Chris M]

I buy Klaussen dills.

 

[NotBudule]

I tried but it didn't go so well.

This is the result of being overexposed to 303 , ask me how I know ! And the pickles taste like damn it ?

 

[NotBudule]

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[KNI]

I just buy Felix pickles. Recipe originated from Sauvo at 1969 under brand Marco California. This was bough by Felix on 1986, then merged to Felix Abba on 1991 and finally bought by Orkla Foods. Finnish production is long gone and now the Finnish pickles are made in Czech Republic.

Maybe it would be a good time to start pickling.

 

[Nellieg]

So if we are all in a pickle, then are they whole, spears, or slices preferred? Dill, bread n butter, sweet gherkins, spicy, kosher or dill? Oh no, so complicated and too many choices... What a pickle...

 

[Murphie]

I’ve made them once. My parents always made them every year. I need to get back to it. My favorites are bread & butter pickles.

Me too! I make "Chef John's Bread & Butter Pickles" - a recipe from All Recipes.
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[Grumpaw]

Here's mine...
50 oz glass air tight containers...the kind with the snap down type glass lid, but any large jar would do. Type I use pic'd below.
I use dill seed, coriander, caraway seed, mustard seed...get them all on Amazon in bulk packages.
Minced Garlic...I use a lot so I use the Costco/Kirkland brand, comes in 48 oz containers for just a few bucks.
Sugar
Salt...
White distilled vinegar...
Water...
And, pickling cukes. 4-5 cukes for one jar.

Boil 2 cups vinegar and 2 cups of water together. When boiling add 2/3 cup of sugar and tablespoon of salt. Let it dissolve, remove from heat, and let it cool till barely warm.
In jar I use
2-3 heaping tablespoons of dill seed
1 tablespoon caraway seed
1 tablespoon coriander seed
1 tablespoon mustard seed
1/2 cup of minced garlic....I like mine "garlickey" so I use a lot.
Wash the cukes and cut the very tip of the stem end off, and quarter the cukes.
Stuff the cukes in the jar, and pour the cooled vinegar/water/sugar/salt over the cukes .
Seal the jar and give it a good shake to mix the solution, and once or twice a day, give em another shake.
Put in fridge for 2-3 days and enjoy. I found letting them sit for 5-7 days makes em perfect.
These will come out sour and very garlickey, like a good kosher pickle or brine pickle like you used to find in the big barrels in mom n pop stores, but you can always adjust the vinegar/garlic/dill to suit your taste.

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