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Freezer Pickle Recipes
From Old Fashioned Living
Our daily tips newsletter has generous subscribers that often
send in their favorite recipes. Ginny sent in this great pickle
recipe, and below is one of ours.
GINNY'S PICKLE RECIPE
Here is an old fashioned pickle recipe that is just wonderful that
I use. It has a bit more spices in it, and can also be stored in the
refrigerator for up to 4 months. We freeze in containers, and then
food vac them for the freezer for longer storage.
Freezer/Refrigerator Bread & Butter Pickles
4 Cups of Sugar
4 Cups of Vinegar
1/3 Cup of Kosher Salt
1 tsp of Celery Seed
1 tsp of Mustard Seed
1 tsp of Turmeric
1 Gal Pickles sliced = 4 Quarts (we us Mandolin to slice- goes very quick)
4 Large Onions sliced
Vidalia or Walla Walla Sweet onions
Slice enough pickles & Onion to fill a gallon Glass container.
Alternate onion and pickles. Mix sugar and Vinegar etc. separately
be sure to stir the sugar until dissolved, before adding and pouring
over the pickle and onions. Do not heat or cook. Pour brine over the
pickles. Refrigerate for 48 Hours in your glass jar with cover. Stir
the pickles after 24 hours to mix well. Place in freezer containers
and freeze, and then when frozen use the food vac. Without the food
vac, they just wouldn't last as long in the freezer. Will stay crisp in the
refrigerator for 4 months or in freezer if vacced indefinitely. Turmeric
will turn your plastic bowl yellow. Using the waffle cut on the Mandolin
also makes for a much crunchier pickle.
~Ginny Mohney Copyright 2004
Freezer Pickles
Ingredients:
8-9 cups thinly sliced cucumbers
1-1/2 cups thinly sliced onions
1/3 cup canning salt
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup vinegar
1/2 teaspoon celery seed
Combine cucumbers, onions, and canning salt in a large bowl. Cover
with water and let soak 3 hours. Pour liquid off. In a saucepan, combine
sugar, vinegar, and celery seed. Heat, but not to a boil. Pour over the
cucumbers and freeze in freezer containers. Thaw in the refrigerator
before serving. Yield: 4 pints.
Sheila "I am a Christian Woman, a stay home homemaker and a Mom.
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