Nathan's Homemade Dill Pickles

[Shark]

Nathan,

Would you be interested in sharing your recipe with the group? If so, please make them detailed including type of containers used for storage and how long to age them etc. I love homemade dill pickles but have never tried to make them myself.

Lyman

(PSSST ? Hey Tim, they were good, weren?t they?)

[Tim]

Yes, they were good. The only evidence needed to prove that is the fact that I ate more than my half of the jar, and I don't eat pickles normally and never seek them out. But these were fresh, crunchy, dilly, and good.

[dasein668]

Pickle Recipe

These pickles are "refrigerator pickles" which don't require canning per se. They just have to be kept in the refer. I used small mason/canning jars, but you could just as easily use any other container that can be covered. This is my stepmother's recipe and is a bit different than most refer pickle recipes I have seen: much less sugar.



12 Pickling cukes, or 6 regular sized cukes, quartered.
2 cups H2O
1 3/4 cups white vinegar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 1/2 cups packed fresh dill, coarsely chopped
1 tbsp dill seed
8 cloves of garlic, smashed
1 1/2 tsp coarse salt
3/4 tsp crushed red pepper.

combine everything in a large bowl and let stand at room temperature for 2 hours or so. Transfer the cukes into your jars. Pour pickling mixture in to cover. Make sure there is at least one clove of garlic, and some of the herbs and spices in each jar. Cover and refrigerate for about a week to age, then use within 6 weeks or so.

[Tim]

...Make sure there is at least one clove of garlic...

I'd recommend many more than one clove per jar...maybe half garlic and half cucumbers? hehe (I love garlic)

[dasein668]

Yes, I was actually thinking of just making a jar of pickled garlic!

[Shark]

Thanks for the recipe.

I'll give it a try.

Lyman

[dasein668]

UPDATE!

Ugh, sorry folks. Hope nobody has made these yet... There's a missing ingredient above: 1/2 cup white sugar.

Thanks to Tim for pointing this out. I'll go back and fix the original post...

Sorry sorry sorry.

[Tony]

I remember thinking..."Boy, when he says a lot less sugar than normal, he means it!"

[dasein668]

That's what Tim said...