Here are a picture of a couple of my cucumbers!
Next.. I used this Pampered Chef Crinkle Cutter.. I borrowed this from a friend.. my thoughts... ?? I'm not rushing out anytime soon to buy one.. I felt it was to big.. and not quite sharp enough.. I had to keep pulling my pieces apart.. time consuming if you ask me.. if I found one at a yardsale for cheap.. I *might* think about it... but it's not on my NEEDED list.. that's for sure..
It makes your cucumbers look like this...
But in the end.. it really didn't matter... oh well.. live and learn!!
So after you cut these all up.. you need to grab these and cut them up...
After all the cukes and the onion and garlic is cut they are to be mixed up with salt ( recipe will follow!)
Here's the mix.. now you have to ice it for 3 hours.. and YES you can leave it on the counter...
Your Cast of spices....
You're going to add this to your sugar....
And then you're going to add your vinegar!
Oh.. ONLY if ONLY you could smell it at this point.. WOWZAS!! it's quite powerful!
After your boil.. you'll add your well drained cukes...
And cook a bit...
Once they are cooked you will start putting them in your canning jars ( remember the supplies for the strawberry Jam.. same supplies!!)
Before the water bath......
And after!!! See.. the crinkle cut mabob... ehhh.. waste of my time.. but hey.. it doesn't hurt to try.. right?? lol lol....
My final product!!
I add them to my jars for Christmas gifts!! that is if I can keep the kids and others out of them...
Bread and Butter Pickles
Recipe from the Book of "preserving the harvest" by Carol W. Costenbader
Boiling-water bath canner; seven 1-pint jars
6lbs of medium sized cucumbers, scrubbed and sliced 1/8 inch thick
1 1/2 cups ( about 1lb) peeled and sliced small white onions
2 cloves of garlic
1/3 cup salt
Ice cubes
4 1/2 cups sugar
2 TBSP yellow mustard seeds
1 1/2 tsp celery seeds
1 1/2 tsp ground turmeric
3 cups distilled white vinegar
1) In a large mixing bowl, combine the cucumbers, onions, and garlic. Add the salt and mix thoroughly. Cover with the ice cubes. Let stand for 3 hours
2) Rinse well, thoroughly drain the mixture, and remove the garlic cloves.
3) Combine the sugar, mustard seeds, celery seeds, and turmeric; stir in the vinegar and heat to boiling in an 8-quart saucepan. Add the drained cucumber mixture and heat for 5 minutes.
4) Pour into sterilized jars, leaving 1.2 inch of headspace. Cap and seal.
5) Process for 10 minutes in a boiling water-bath canner.
18 comments:
Oh yum! Actually, I never used to like bread and butter pickles until recently. I still can't eat a ton of them, but they are good. Yours look great! I'll bet you are taking a million pictures today! I know I would.
I miss Larry the Cucumber :( My boys used to watch Veggie Tales all the time when they were little. Makes me sad to think of it!
by golly those look delicious! I wish I had a jar right now.
where where where do you find your time?
Now I am craving pickles! I am on my way over..see you in 5 minutes!
I left you a little something on my blog.....
These look so fantastic. I Love Pickles. Thanks for sharing the recipe and your cukes were gorgeous!!
Tammy
My Hubby loves some Bread and Butter pickles. I think I am going to make these for him. Are they ready to eat imediately after cooling or do you have to put them somewhere for a few days. I don't know much when it comes to pickle making. But if you could help that would be great. And roughly whats the shelf life?
Oh and if it's okay I would really like to add you to my Blog roll. Your wit and charm are something to be admired. Thanks for the tip.
Excellent....I might have to try these! My Grandma used to make pickles all the time....but I have no idea how she did hers. Ah...sweet memories!
Those cukes from the garden look FANTASTIC! I can't buy anything like that here.
Now, the b&b pickles...not my fav. But, I'm glad you are able to enjoy them.
OOO look at the pictures and YUMMY YUMMY pickles!!!!
wow! those look really good. I so admire people who can, sew and grow things on their own. your cukes are BEAUTIFUL!! I love cucumbers.. and btw, when you decide to can dill flavored ones.. I'll let you send me a jar or few.. .hehe
oh, and did you use your new camera to take the pics? if so, it takes good ones so there's no need for buyers remorse! :o)
oo BTW Yeah I have that pampered chef tool...HMMM I tend to agree with you. It is less time to just slice them than use that fancy little tool.
Ah well. Poor Larry is always getting mistaken for a pickle anyways. LOL
Stalked over to SAY HI! HOPE all is going GREAT!
These look so delicious...my mouth is watering ..I can just taste them. B&B pickles so good with a tuna sandwich:).
Thank you for the sweet birthday wishes...I did have a happy day. Hugs, Linda
p.s. I love your header!
AWESOME!!! You are making me hungry..hehe!! How long do they last??
Blessings,
Ronnie
Oh yummy! I love bread and butter pickles. I too have loads of cucumbers but I've never done the canning thing and am afraid to try, plus I have no storage. For now, my leftover cucumbers just go to friends and coworkers. (But, after this blog I'm seriously debating making these!)
I think they are very pretty! I'm a dill pickle lover myself.
Yum! I love bread & butter pickles! And you made it look so simple. I might have to put out some pickling cukes with our fall planting. Here in the desert we're supposed to be able to do 2 plantings a year. We'll see how that goes - it's our first year here.
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