Hey, alla u canners

FarmboyBill · #1 02/03/12, 04:55 PM

Bestus I remembver, Mom filled jer pickle jars with water. OR maybe she didnt. Dont remember. Saw on Americas Heartland a cannery in Penn canned pickles in clear glass with NO water. OR DILL leaves.

Common Tator · #2 02/03/12, 04:58 PM

She probably filled it with brine. Or she added water and a brine mix

sdnapier · #3 02/03/12, 04:59 PM

No brine or herb?? That's odd for sure

Common Tator · #4 02/03/12, 05:15 PM

Here's a link to instructions for doing pickles the old timey way, with lactic acid.

Gah! I poste this without a link and took off! Sorry! http://www.eco-natural.com/recipes/pickles.html

FarmboyBill · #5 02/03/12, 05:30 PM

yes, it was a brine. I remember her useing pickling salt?

julieq · #6 02/03/12, 06:39 PM

Mom did hers with brine.

I just dumped a few test jars of kosher dills out for the chickens (they weren't impressed either...)

The taste was fantabulous but they were soggy. Yuck! I'll try again late summer I guess.

BrightBay · #7 02/04/12, 08:36 AM

adding in some grape leaves will help retain crunch. Sorry yours didn't work out. But hey, if you got the taste right you're almost there.

eta, now that I say that, I make crock pickles. Someone else will have to chime in if it works for canned pickles. sorry about that.

julieq · #8 02/04/12, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by BrightBay

adding in some grape leaves will help retain crunch. Sorry yours didn't work out. But hey, if you got the taste right you're almost there.

eta, now that I say that, I make crock pickles. Someone else will have to chime in if it works for canned pickles. sorry about that.

I've been thinking about buying some crocks and trying those, so I'll have to remember that. Since we moved last year and didn't have a garden I was wondering if it was just the cucumbers we purchased. Will definitely have to try again with home grown cukes and use the same recipe.

Tommyice · #9 02/04/12, 08:52 AM

Julieq I had the same experience with my dills. They taste great but no crunch or remote crispness. Down in the Countryside Families forum, BarnyardGal posted her success with using the Ball pickle granules. I plan on trying that this year.

julieq · #10 02/04/12, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Tommyice

Julieq I had the same experience with my dills. They taste great but no crunch or remote crispness. Down in the Countryside Families forum, BarnyardGal posted her success with using the Ball pickle granules. I plan on trying that this year.

I haven't tried those either. Will put them on my grocery list, thanks!

jwal10 · #11 02/04/12, 11:42 AM

Make sure the cucumbers are fresh and not too big (old). Use a pickling not slicing variety. Mom used alum in her pickles for extra crispness....James