Pickle time!

[Steve H]

Morning folks,
On the way home from a hot day at work. I stopped by a corner stand. And saw some purty looking cukes.

Bought 4 pounds. The kid there didn't know the variety of them. Looks like pickling cukes.

Made 2 quarts of brine with filtered water with 3.5% salinity.

Bud ends removed. And placed in fermenter with fresh dill, dill seeds, garlic cloves cut in half, mustard seed, pickling spice, and a touch of red pepper flakes.
I'll let these for 2 weeks. Test. Then probably go another week.

 

[DRKsmoking]

Nice Steve, these will be refrigerator pickles ?

1 of my favorite times of the year, pickle and preserving time.
Another month for us before I really get into it .

David

 

[Steve H]

Nice Steve, these will be refrigerator pickles ?

1 of my favorite times of the year, pickle and preserving time.
Another month for us before I really get into it .

David

Morning David,
Yes, these will be fridge pickles. I don't want to loose the probiotics from heating them. We are just getting fresh locally grown veggies over this way. I'm hoping to score a load of bannana peppers to ferment.

 

[jcam222]

Looks good Steve. You will have delicious full sours for sure! I need to get some of these going too. I want to do a few bar he's of dilly beans as well c

 

[Steve H]

Looks good Steve. You will have delicious full sours for sure! I need to get some of these going too. I want to do a few bar he's of dilly beans as well c

Thanks Jeff! I have a couple quarts yet of regular dilly beans. But I might start a quart or two of fermented ones.

 

[bill ace 350]

Looks great! I need to try making fermented pickles.

 

[Steve H]

Looks great! I need to try making fermented pickles.

Thanks Bill! They come out really good.

 

[Buckeyedude]

Should be great! Love me some pickles! I started a jar a few days ago with some cukes from the garden. I wanted to try to pickle them like onions. Im sure it will take a bit for them to get there, but wanted to try it!

 

[Steve H]

Should be great! Love me some pickles! I started a jar a few days ago with some cukes from the garden. I wanted to try to pickle them like onions. Im sure it will take a bit for them to get there, but wanted to try it!

You fermenting them? Or just regular fridge pickles?

 

[Buckeyedude]

You fermenting them? Or just regular fridge pickles?

Not fermenting, just trying the pickling solution I use to pickle onions.

 

[Steve H]

Not fermenting, just trying the pickling solution I use to pickle onions.

Do you have the vacuum sealer attachment for mason jars?

 

[chopsaw]

I've seen the full sour's at the store . Never had them or knew what was involved .
Interesting for sure and I learned something this morning .
Glad you posted this .
I just did 5 jars using Al's recipe , but I might give a jar of these a try . I guess I could use the mason jar lid bubblers ?

 

[jcam222]

I've seen the full sour's at the store . Never had them or knew what was involved .
Interesting for sure and I learned something this morning .
Glad you posted this .
I just did 5 jars using Al's recipe , but I might give a jar of these a try . I guess I could use the mason jar lid bubblers ?

Sure can! These natural fermented dills are what's used in all the older or trendy delis. They are tasty for sure. You can do green beans as well. I do them with dill, garlic and a few cayenne spears. Quick tip on the pickles You can throw a tea bag or two in Denver ending on container size. The tannins help keep the pickles crisp.

 

[chopsaw]

I was reading something about tea bags . I think next trip through the store I'll grab some cukes .

 

[Steve H]

I've seen the full sour's at the store . Never had them or knew what was involved .
Interesting for sure and I learned something this morning .
Glad you posted this .
I just did 5 jars using Al's recipe , but I might give a jar of these a try . I guess I could use the mason jar lid bubblers ?

Yes. You can use those. Just make sure you use enough salt to get a 3.5% salinity.

 

[chopsaw]

Needs to be in the light or dark ? Or doesn't matter .

Just make sure you use enough salt to get a 3.5% salinity.

This is where I always get hung up . When I get it in my head it makes sense , but I don't do it enough to retain it . I know it's simple for the guys that understand it .

 

[Steve H]

Needs to be in the light or dark ? Or doesn't matter .

This is where I always get hung up . When I get it in my head it makes sense , but I don't do it enough to retain it . I know it's simple for the guys that understand it .

Kept out of direct sunlight. I keep it on the kitchen counter in the corner. I use 2.5 TBS kosher. Or pickling salt. No table salt. Or salt with iodine. Per quart of filtered water.

 

[jcam222]

Here is a nice chart for brin

e concentrations.

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

OK guys. I really don't need another thing! Enablers.

 

[Steve H]

OK guys. I really don't need another thing! Enablers.

Did I start something.....again?!