What to do with a few Cucumbers???

[norgeway]

How about some Dill Pickles!
1 qt vinegar
2 qts water
1/2 cup canning salt
cucumbers
whole garlic cloves
whole grape leaves
dill
Bring to a boil, vinegar,water and salt, add cucumbers and boil until they change color,into each clean jar, place 1 garlic clove and one piece of dill along with one washed grape leaf, then pack into the jars the hot cucumbers, cover with the boiling vinegar and seal. This is a Flossie Johnson recipe, one of the best cooks in North Carolina, the former wife of Nascar hall Of fame driver,car owner Junior Johnson.Of course...Aristo Craft cookware helps!!!

 

[norgeway]

Add..

Cucumbers to vinegar mixture.

 

[norgeway]

Then!

Boil until color begins to change, this does not take but maybe 5 to 10 minutes.

 

[norgeway]

Put.

Grape leaves, garlic and dill in, Then cukes and hot vinegar.

 

[norgeway]

Seal!

And you are done!

 

[lotsosudz]

What to so with cucumbers?

Boy is that a loaded question! LOL What discussions that could lead to!!
I'm just saying.Thanks for the great recipe. Looks easy.
Hugs, David

 

[iheartmaytag]

I was worried this thread would have to move to "Dirty" laundry.
Good recipe, Mom used to make sweet pickles where she soaked the cukes in lime water overnight then boiled them in the syrup.

She hasn't made any of those in 30 years or so. I think I kind of miss them.

 

[wayupnorth]

My next door neighbors mother makes homemade pickles every year with cukes from her garden and always gives me a jar. I can eat the whole jar at once as they are so very good.

 

[gansky1]

Nice Cutco

That does look easy, I remember making & canning them with my grandmother. Seemed like it was more work.

I've never canned anything, I can't keep track of the Choosy Mothers Choose Jif lid so I don't have much confidence!

 

[mattl]

I have canned cukes for many years, never ever cooked them.Seems like that would make them soft and mushy.  How did they turn out?

 

[vacbear58]

Jars

Hans

Where did the jars, or more particularly the lid come from please? Are they vintage or something that is stil available?

Al

 

[polkanut]

The type of lid that Hans uses is a wide mouth lid, and is very readily available wherever canning supplies are sold.  Ball brand lids are also sold here in the US.

 

[mrb627]

MMMM...

Homemade pickles are da BOMB!

Thanks for posting!

Malcolm

 

[vacbear58]

Lids

I know the jars and lids are common enough - it was the name on the lids which particularly interested me

Al

 

[westie2]

Kerr was the first to make the lids as they are today back in 1903.  Kerr, Ball and Golden Harvest jars, lids and rings are all now owned by Jarden Corp.  Have plants all oer the United States.  Jarden also is the owner of Sunbeam and Coleman now.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarden

 

[tomturbomatic]

And the family that owns or did own the Ball/Kerr corporation is the family that produced the wife of the former vice president under Bush I. You can't can without putting money in their pockets; meh keyn brechen!

I still have my grandmother's pickle crocks, all different sizes. More stuff for the estate sale.

 

[vacbear58]

Mrs Bush

Well I promise she is no relation of mine

 

[joefuss1984]

what do the grapeleaves do?  we use vinegar, pickling salt, dill, garlic, and sometimes jalopenos?  dont quote me on the ingredient list, what I do know is that we dont use grape leaves or boil the cucumbers first.

 

[norgeway]

Grape Leaves!

Darned if I know, but I do know that cream of tartar is made from grape leaves,But Grape Leaf Pickles are made in the South fairly often, the reason I used this recipe is it was quick and easy, normally I make Bread and Butter pickles or Icicle Pickles.

 

[westie2]

The grape leaves have something in them that kills the enzymes that cause the pickles to be soft.  Sothey they stay crisp with the grape leaves being aded.  Isn't Mother Nature great!!

 

Taken of a Q&A on pickles

 

Q  <a name="6">I have an old recipe that calls for adding a grape leaf to each jar of pickles. Why?</a>
A  Grape leaves contain a substance that inhibits the enzymes that make pickles soft. However, removing the blossom ends (the   source of undesirable enzymes) will make the addition of grape leaves unnecessary.

 

[joefuss1984]

well how about that

learn something new everyday!

 

[nmassman44]

I will have to try this recipe since I have pickling cukes growing now.