I'm not a huge pickle fan. I do like watermelon rind pickles, and hope to make and can some this weekend. When I was a kid, my mother used to make something we called refrigerator cucumbers. I looked for a recipe recently online, and found something that seemed similar - but of course I couldn't leave it alone, and had to diddle with it. The recipe called for lots of sugar and vinegar, but since I don't like anything "sweet and sour," I converted it to a dill version:
1/2 of a medium onion - sliced thin
5-6 pickling sized cucumbers (I don't grow cukes, and bought English cucumber. Used 1 1/2) sliced thin
1 Tbs. pickling/Kosher salt
about 2 tsp. dill (I used dried)
pinch dried red pepper flakes (optional)
solution 1/2 water, 1/2 white vinegar to cover cukes.
Place sliced onion, salt and dill in a medium (preferably glass) bowl. Muddle a bit with a spoon to help release the flavors. Add cukes, cover with vinegar/water solution. Stir, then cover tightly, and refridgerate at least overnight before eating. Keeps a week or more in the fridge.
These get icy cold in the fridge, so are a nice side dish on these hot days. I also like them on cold sandwiches.
Thanks for posting the recipe. I have a surplus of cucumbers so I will make some.
ReplyDeleteHey Deb - this sounds like a really great recipe, and takes all the heavy-duty work of processing them in a BWB. I have a recipe for dill pickles and you use some onion, and just a little bit of sugar to take the real tang off of the vinegar, and I thought they turned out pretty well. I haven't made any for a few years, and had some left over, but after all of this time, they're too soft to eat now - I cut them in spears. I'll have to try your recipe. Thanks for sharing it with all of us. Take care.
ReplyDeleteI have been making Mom's and Grandma's pickles for many years for Christmas. Grandma enjoyed mine too, but she did stand over me while I made them many times. They are sweet and sour and are delicious with pistachios.
ReplyDeleteI am just catching up with your blog as I closed mine last year. I would suggest that you have a look at Tracie Eads Connor's, la verte domestique.
Love, D