topic Re: Refrigerator Pickles in Kitchen

Refrigerator Pickles

Mistreatedbycs — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 17:34:31 GMT

Found a recipe for a brine you boil then cool, add the garlic cloves, peppercorns and dill.

Hope they stay crisp.

I remember my grandma making them in a crock and they "snapped" and were probably the best pickles.

Any suggestions, I have a second batch of pickles still growing on the vine that won't be ready for picking for a few days.

Re: Refrigerator Pickles

SloopJohnB — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 17:50:29 GMT

@Mistreatedbycs No suggestions, but they sound yummy.

Re: Refrigerator Pickles

RespectLife — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 20:00:34 GMT

@Mistreatedbycs

I have made BJC recipe for Fridge Bread & Butter pickles for 2 yrs now with great succes. Here is what she says....

Combine the cucumber, onion, red pepper and salt in a large bowl. Cover with a clean kitchen towel and then layer ice cubes on top of the towel. The ice helps to make the pickles crisp.

Refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight. When you're ready to make the pickles, discard the ice and rinse the cucumber, onion and red pepper. Drain well and rinse again. Drain well.

then you boil your pickling stuff and add the cukes....bring back to a boil...then jar and fridge them.

I am convinced she is right that it keeps them crisp. I have done this ice deal when making other cuke salads and it works.

I don't have a recipe for Fridge Dill....would you share yours? TIA

Re: Refrigerator Pickles

Mistreatedbycs — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 23:03:22 GMT

@RespectLife I have more growing, I think I'm going to do your recipe on this batch, thanks so much.

Here's what mine was.

10-12 pickles

4 cups water

2 cups white vinegar

2 Tablespoons kosher salt

1 teaspoon sugar

big bunch of dill (grew my own so I have a lot!)

1 head of garlic with all the skins removed and smashed (that was cumbersome)

10 peppercorn kernals (I used roughly a teaspoon of pickling spice which had the peppercorns in it)

Slice cucumbers slices or spears

to make the brine, combine water, salt vinegar and sugar in a sauce pan, bring to a boil and stir until salt and sugar is dissolved. When the mixture comes to a boil, remove to cool to room temp

add pickles to jar, not so tight, add the dill garlic and peppercorns and cover with brine, I layered mine so i would get everything between the layers of pickles. seal airtight lid, store in frig for 1 wk

makes 3 quart jars...yes it does, I have a 1/2 gallon jar and a quart and it was perfect, nothing left over.

i picked my pickles and within the hour had them in jars, we'll find out in a week.

Re: Refrigerator Pickles

RespectLife — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 13:16:55 GMT

@Mistreatedbycs

I can't thank you enough! I will be glad to try a dill recipe. We just picked a bunch yesty. It is going to be a pickling weekend.

BJC has other pickle recipes on her site...but the Bread and Butter is the only one I have tried. She has good pictures and more details on her website.

I didn't really want to get into canning...so these Fridge recipes have been great!

Thanks again!

Re: Refrigerator Pickles

Mistreatedbycs — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 21:36:12 GMT

@RespectLife

I just picked another bowl filled with pickles....they grow so fast.

The worse part of canning is not the canning itself, even if it's refrigerator style, it's cleaning and sterilizing the jars, that takes the longest for me.

I can't tell you how they taste yet, I just did my first batch on the 20th and the recipe states they will be ready in 1 week so that's this coming Tuesday.

Re: Refrigerator Pickles

RespectLife — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 14:22:24 GMT

@Mistreatedbycs I was a pickle factory on Saturday.

I made 3 batches of BJC Bread and Butter and two of your dill recipe. I can't wait to try the dill! I hope I will get enough dill flavor.

I found a small jar of dill seed I bought last year, so I added some of that. I cute them into half size spears.

We planted WAY too many cukes this year! I'm almost out of zucc but cukes have turned into the 'give-a-way' crop this year.

I have to try to find more Bell jars if they aren't sold out everywhere!

Re: Refrigerator Pickles

D Kay — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 14:29:57 GMT

Interesting. I always thought of "bread and butter" pickles as being sweet.

Re: Refrigerator Pickles

Mistreatedbycs — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 15:16:52 GMT

@RespectLife

I said enough is enough but I have more pickles to pick today!

This is another one I'm trying today.

6 cups sliced pickles

1 cup sweet thin sliced onion

1 green pepper sliced thin

1 cup vinegar

2 cups sugar

1 tablespoon salt i always use kosher

1 tablespoon celery seed

heat vinegar, sugar, salt and celery seed (i would bring to a boil) Cool slightly.

pour over pickles, onions and green pepper

store in frig.

recipe says it keeps for many months

I remember my mom made these with thin sliced onions and green pepper and she had the pickles thin too...we took them out of the jar

and ate them like a salad...that's what I remember.

Next year I'm going to do zukes too...I love dipping them in a thin version of pancake mix and deep frying, salt and parm cheese...oh yum.

loading up the frig with pickles, I think I'll have to give a few jars to my neighbors, there's no way they will all be eaten. Waiting to try, the recipe I gave you for dill says wait one week, I did them on 7/20 so maybe tomorrow!!!!!!! The one's I did on Saturday say wait 3 days, that's tomorrow too! Guess it will be pickle day tomorrow.

Hope you enjoy yours too! I never tried that dill recipe I gave to you so we'll both find out but they sure do look good sitting the frig.

Re: Refrigerator Pickles

Mistreatedbycs — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 15:19:45 GMT

@RespectLife Waiting on my tomatoes, that's a bumper crop for me too this year. My tomato plants are way over the gutters on the garage.

I get sun in the morning, treated the soil last year and everything is growing so tall and the plants are huge for big boys. I planted some early girls and one plant is poor and the other one is short but the tomatoes are bountiful.

Do you have tomatoes too?

Oh and what did you do with all your zukes?

Re: Refrigerator Pickles

RespectLife — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 18:43:11 GMT

@Mistreatedbycs

We planted grape, roma and Celebrity. So far, only one red grape but they are loaded with green ones. The sun has been a bit sparse here but TONS of rain. Enough already!

I saute and we ate most of the zucc already. I also make what I call my Italian Mess.

Zucc, peppers, celery, onions, mushrooms...what ever veggies are hanging around.

Add Hunts Fire Roasted diced toms, some tom paste and all the usual Italian type spices, oregano, basil etc.

I saute and then top with mozz slices to get nice and melty.

The balance I spiralized and froze. it is the only way I have like it frozen. When I have tried to freeze chunks...the texture is SO weird when defrosted. I spiralize then micro for about 30-45 secs to get some of the water out. Then package up with the food saver and freeze. They still get a bit watery once defrosted, but the texture stays nice. I used them all winter.

If I had on inch of space in my freezers, I would shredd and make choc zucc muffins to freeze.

Re: Refrigerator Pickles

Silverfox1 — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 19:37:19 GMT

These are our family favorite....

Crock Pickles

4 pounds pickles

1/4 cup salt

2 quarts water...8 cups

5 farlic cloves garlic...coarsely chopped

2 Tablespoon mixed pickling spices

1 bunch fresh dill

1 slice day old "Jewish" style rye bread

Wash pickles and arrange in crock

Stir salt in water and pour into crock

Add garlic and pickling spices

Lay bunch of dill over top

Place rye bread on top

Cover with plastic wrap

Lay a heavy weight on top to keep everything submerged

Let stand at roon temperature for 3 days....pickles will not spoil!

Refridgerate 5 days before serving

These pickles may take a litttle time but they are sooo good. They crunch when you eat them. Any leftovers must be refridgerated. You can add hot peppers if you want a spicey pickle.

Jewish rye bread is rye bread with caraway seeds and must be used. To be honest I have made these for years and have no idea what the rye bread does but I have never made these pickles without it.

Has anyone made pickled green tomatoes? Another so good pickled vegetable!i I make these every year with fresh firm green tomatoes.

Re: Refrigerator Pickles

Mistreatedbycs — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 02:55:16 GMT

@RespectLife

When I buy zuke's from the farmer I grate them in the food processor and use them for chocolate zuccinni cake. The cake is baked with chocolate chips and nuts on the top and super moist.

I think your muffins are probably the same thing but mine never makes it in the freezer, it evaporates!

Re: Refrigerator Pickles

Mistreatedbycs — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 02:59:07 GMT

@Silverfox1

Never did green pickled tomatoes but I probably wouldn't eat them.

I like your crock recipe, thank you so very much. My grandma made crock pickles, used to put an inverted plate on the top and I believe she used alum too. I have no idea where you can even find it, but I'm sure it's thre.

I will put your recipe away for next year, I put all my pickles in jars and they are in the frig. I only have a few left growing and I'll toss them into a salad.

Thank you again. Love family recipes.

Re: Refrigerator Pickles

RespectLife — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 19:10:57 GMT

@Mistreatedbycs wrote:
@RespectLife

When I buy zuke's from the farmer I grate them in the food processor and use them for chocolate zuccinni cake. The cake is baked with chocolate chips and nuts on the top and super moist.

I think your muffins are probably the same thing but mine never makes it in the freezer, it evaporates!

LOL

I make muffins cuz we can never seem to finish a loaf or cake. This way I can portion control by taking just a couple muffins out at a time. I use the same recipes.

Oh yes, chocolate and chocolate chips are a must! Why eat zucchini any other way?

LOL

Re: Refrigerator Pickles

RespectLife — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 19:14:10 GMT

I thank you as well @Silverfox1

I would love to try your crock recipe.

And no vinegar, eh??? Just water? Very interesting!

If I don't have fresh dill, do you think dried or dill seeds would be okay?

Do you cut the pickles? Sliced, cubes , spears?

TIA

Re: Refrigerator Pickles

Silverfox1 — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 19:20:34 GMT

@RespectLife IMO I would google about using dill seeds instead of fresh dill. I have always followed the recipe perfectly. My Mother got me started on these pickles and she always used fresh dill too. I use small/medium size pickles and leave them whole. These pickles have a good crunch. Don't forget the rye bread with caraway seeds. It is a must!

Re: Refrigerator Pickles

RespectLife — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 19:33:48 GMT

@Silverfox1

Thanks so much! Sorry to ask so many questions!

I didn't plant dill this year, but next year I should so I can make these.

One more pesty question? Do you peel the cukes??

I won't forget the Rye...we have really good Rye w/ caraway around here. Kaufmann's comes to mind.

Re: Refrigerator Pickles

Silverfox1 — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 19:43:42 GMT

@RespectLife you certainly am not a pest. I love to cook and bake and love to share. I am also a recipe tester for America's Test Kitchen...always learning.

Nope do not peel. Just wash them real good. BTW, make sure they are pickles not cukes...there is a difference in size. I hope this makes sense.

Re: Refrigerator Pickles

RespectLife — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 20:05:00 GMT

@Silverfox1

Yes! Thank you!

I don't think I have any more pickles coming this year....maybe one or two more cukes.

But I thank you for all your info! I have printed to take home for my files!!!