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And, if they don't shrink the product, they make quantum jumps in prices - no more 5-10c at a time. A large jar of Claussen dill pickles at Wal-Mart just went from $5.68 ($5.00 six mos ago), to $6.58.
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And, if they don't shrink the product, they make quantum jumps in prices - no more 5-10c at a time. A large jar of Claussen dill pickles at Wal-Mart just went from $5.68 ($5.00 six mos ago), to $6.58.
Here's how you save on pickles:
1. When empty, save the jar and the juice.
2. In mid-summer, go to a farmer's market. Buy a bunch of pickling cucumbers when they're plentiful and at their cheapest.
2b (alternative) Grow your own pickling cucmbers in your garden. There are several nice pickling types: Sumter, County Fair, Picklebush, to name a few.
3. Scrub cucumbers with a vegetable brush under hot water, and then place in jar of pickle juice.
4. Fill to top. If cucumbers stick out above juice, top jar with salt water.
5. Keep jar in refrigerator. After 1 week, start eating. They get better with time.
I have three giant jars in fridge right now from summer cukes from the garden. I have 5 more not in the fridge but ones I pickled from scratch (not from leftover juice). I also pickle jalapeno and banana peppers.