Bread and butter pickles by Angi Schneider

By AuntieLo

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 pounds cucumbers
• 1 pound onion
• 1 head of garlic
• 1/4 cup canning salt
• 1 1/4 cup white vinegar (5% acidity)
• 1 cup apple cider vinegar
• 2 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 Tbsp. mustard seed
• 3/4 tsp. celery seed
• 1/2 tsp. turmeric

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from schneiderpeeps.com

Preparation

Step 1

Last year our garden produced lots of cucumbers. At least a lot for our family since only 3 of us like them. We had enough that I wanted to make pickles – bread and butter pickles like my granny’s. The problem was, I didn’t have her recipe. So I called one of my aunts and asked her if she had it. She didn’t. But she said she would look for it.

I began poking around the internet looking for how to make bread and butter pickles and I found several recipes. I printed one out and I guess I just used it as a base because when I pulled it out of the drawer I had written a different “recipe” based on what we liked. Apparently, I kind of did my own thing (as usual). But those of us who like pickles enjoyed them all year.

Our cucumbers are pathetic this year. I’ve replanted, so we’ll see what happens. But I’ve only harvested five cucumbers…five, can you believe it! A friend has taken pity on me and shared some of her wonderful cucumbers with me, so I made a couple of pints of pickles.

Slice the cucumbers, onions and peeled the garlic and put them in a big bowl. I added the salt over them and then covered them with a clean towel and put ice on the towel. I let it sit for about 3 hours.

After they have sat, make a brine out of the vinegar, cider vinegar, sugar, mustard seed, celery seed and turmeric. Bring to a boil in a large pot.

Pour the now salted water off the cucumbers and rinse them just a bit.

Put the cucumbers, onions and garlic in the pot and bring back to boil for 90 seconds.

Ladle into hot jars and put on lids.

I also have some overgrown zucchini from a friend that I want to make into squash and zucchini relish. I’ve had it before but never made it. If you have a good recipe that is a sweet relish I’d love to have it.

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