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COLLECTION (7) of Pickle Recipes
Title: Sour Pickles
Categories: Relishes
Yield: 6 servings
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Select 50 tiny cucumbers. Wash. Cover with cold water. Handle as
little as possible to avoid bruises. Let stand 2 hours. Drain. Cover
with boiling water to which 3/4 cup salt has been added. Cover and
let stand 2 days. Drain. Discard all cucumbers that are not solid
and in good condition. Pack in sterilized jars. Cover with the
following pickling liquid, which should be hot but not boiling: To
sufficient vinegar to cover the pickles add 3 chopped green peppers,
1/4 cup salt, 6 whole allspice, 6 peppercorns, 1 1/2 sticks cinnamon,
1 blade mace, 1 bay leaf, 1 small onion, minced, and 1 1/2
tablespoons mustard seed. Pickles will be ready for use after 8
weeks. The Household Searchlight
Title: Spiced Dill Pickles
Categories: Relishes
Yield: 6 servings
3 Dill pickles
1 1/2 ts Mixed spices
1/4 c Chopped onion
3/4 c Vinegar
3/4 c Sugar
Rinse and wipe pickles. Cut in slices. Mix with onion and spices.
Pack closely in glass jar. Heat sugar and vinegar to boiling. Pour
over pickles. Seal and allow pickles to stand 24 hours. The Household
Searchlight
Title: Sadye's Dill Pickles
Categories: Relishes
Yield: 1 servings
10 qt Water
2 c Salt
1 qt Vinegar
4 tb Pepper
5 Dill
Cucumber
Make a solution of the first four ingredients and bring to a boil.
Fill crock with cucumbers, placing dill between layers of cucumbers.
Add the hot solution. Onions or garlic may be added if desired. cover
crock and let stand several days before using. If preferred,
cucumbers may be preserved in jars rather than in crock. Source:
Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book - Fine Old Recipes, Culinary Arts Press,
1936.
Title: Dill Pickles
Categories: Relishes
Yield: 16 servings
4 lb Small Cucumbers
4 qt Water
1 qt Vinegar
1 c Salt
Dill Weed
Garlic Cloves
Alum
Let water, vinegar and salt come to a boil. Set aside. Put dill and 1
clove garlic in bottom of jar. Prick cucumbers with fork before
putting in jar. Put 1 t alum in each quart. Fill jar with brine.
Seal tight and let stand until clear before using.
Title: Easy Dill Pickles
Categories: Relishes
Yield: 12 servings
48 Pickling Cucumbers *
1 Bunch Dill
1 qt Cider Vinegar
8 c Water
1 c Pickling Salt
Cloves Gralic, Peeled
* Pickling cucumbers are cucumbers that are not less than 3-inches
long and not more than 4-inches long.
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~----------------- Wash the cucumbers and remove any stems. Cover
with cold water and refrigerate overnight or for several hours. Pack
the cucumbers into pint jars as tightly as possible. Poke in 2
springs of dill. Bring the cider vinegar, water, salt and garlic
cloves (12 to 16 cloves depending on your taste) to a boil. Boil for
2 minutes. Fish out the garlic cloves with a slotted spoon and put
one in each jar (or to taste) while the brine cools slightly. Pour
the hot brine into the jars and seal. Makes 12 Pints.
Title: Salt Dill Pickles
Categories: Side dishes, Pickles, Jewish
Yield: 6 servings
2 lb Small Cucumbers (1kg);
-blanched and refreshed
2 oz Dry Dill Stems and Flower
-Heads (50g); bruised
5 ea To 6 ea Fat Cloves Garlic;
-peeled; quartered
1 ts EACH: Black Peppercorns,
-Allspice and Mustard Seeds
4 ea To 5 ea Bay Leaves
X Water
X Salt
3 ea To 4 ea Small Hot Chillies
-(to taste)
X Vine Leaves
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Jewish inns used to specialize in pickled vegetables and preserves.
Many houswives in the SHTETL and ghettoes also made pickle and jams
to supplement the family income. Being frugal, they did not throw
away the pickling juice but used it to flavor and sour many dishes,
especially soups.
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SALT DILL PICKLES
My mother, a superb pickler, maintains that the crunchiness and good
green color of pickled cucumbers are achieved by first pouring
boiling water over the cucumbers, blanching them for a few seconds
and then refreshing them immediately with cold water.
Wash and blanch the cucumbers. Refresh and arrange in a crock or a
large glass jar in layers, interspacing them with dill, garlic and
spices. Pour cold water, to cover, over the cucumbers in the crock.
Pour out the water into a measuring jug. Salt with 1 tb (30g/1oz)
salt for each 2 cups water (500ml/1pint). Dissolve the salt well in
the measured water and pour over the cucumbers. Place vine leaves on
top, then fit a heavy plate or wooden cover inside the crock and
place a weight on to hold the cucumbers submerged. Leave in a
warmplace to ferment. Skim as needed during the fermentation period.
When bubbles disappear, the pickles are ready use; this can take up
to 2 weeks or in a warm, sunny place it can take as little as 4-5
days. When fermentation stops, keep the pickles in a dark, cool place
or refrigerate.