refrigerator pickles

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bluewhisper

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I have a lot of cukes coming in from the garden, and I want to make use of them. So, I'm making pickles.

2 cups water
1 cup seasoned vinegar
1 level teaspoon each sugar and kosher salt
1-1/2 cukes (all that would fit)
slice of red onion
1/2 red pepper (mild)
1 dill flowerhead
~12 each garlic chive cloves (smashed) coriander and mustard seeds


I used this zigzag knife which I suspect is actually a pastry cutter, and not made for this kind of use. Based on an earlier batch, I peeled the top and bottom of the cukes so the blade could bite in more easily. It's tricky to cut a uniform thickness. I also used the knife for the pepper.


Red onion


Final result

 
The vinegar was cider vinegar that I flavored with herbs last year. I have a pH meter but it hasn't been used in a long time and I assume the probe is shot (again ... everything measures as 7.0).

I just made them this morning, so now I wait.

After that batch, I sliced up the other half cuke and made a sweet batch like "bread and butter chips" as a simpler recipe with coriander, mustard seed, and one whole clove.
 
The vinegar was cider vinegar that I flavored with herbs last year. I have a pH meter but it hasn't been used in a long time and I assume the probe is shot (again ... everything measures as 7.0).

I just made them this morning, so now I wait.

After that batch, I sliced up the other half cuke and made a sweet batch like "bread and butter chips" as a simpler recipe with coriander, mustard seed, and one whole clove.


OK..... I assumed the vinegar was something like "Seasoned Rice Vinegar". which can have an acidity of 4.0.... a little light on the acid for insuring safe pickled veggies....

Sorry about that misconception on my part......

Dave
 
I'm fortunate to have an excellent Japanese grocery about 1/2 mile from my home. Any kind of vinegars or mysterious sauces can be found there.

Have you ever played with the 70% vinegar you can find in some Russian stores? I have a bottle, not this brand but the same sort of product.


My bottle has a rubber cap with a pinhole in it. You don't pour this stuff, you squirt it sparingly over something like cooked cabbage.
 
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