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To: Jamestown1630
Mostly I can my pickles but this year my dad asked for freezer pickles like his mom used to make.

After going through a couple of recipes I finally found one that was pretty close.

Seven cups of cucumbers (sliced and be sure to remove both ends)
Two cups of onion
Two tablespoons of pickling salt
Two cups sugar
One cup Apple cider vinegar (this is not cooked so use the good stuff!)
One tablespoon mustard seed
One tablespoon celery seed
Two bay leaves
Sprinkle cucumbers and onions with salt and let sit for about an hour. Then rinse and drain.

Mix the rest of the ingredients until the sugar dissolves. You can warm the vinegar SLIGHTLY if you want but I find it all will dissolve in time if you just wait.

Pour over cucumbers and onions and place in a freezer safe plastic container. Store in refrigerator for one day and then pop into the freezer. Let freeze for two weeks and then you can take them out, thaw and enjoy.

They do not last much beyond about two weeks after thawing so I freeze them in about one cup containers.

77 posted on 09/04/2020 5:56:44 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (And lead us not into hysteria, but deliver us from the handwashers. Amen!)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

That looks easy - and about my speed. Thanks!


78 posted on 09/04/2020 6:56:14 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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