Title: Carol's Bread & Butter Pickles
Categories: Canning Pickle
Yield: 1 Servings
| 12 | md | Cucumbers; sliced * |
| 5 | | Onions; sliced thin |
| 1/4 | c | Pickling salt |
| | | Brine: |
| 3 | c | Sugar |
| 4 1/2 | ts | Celery seed |
| 3 | c | Cider vinegar |
| 4 1/2 | ts | Mustard seed |
| 2 | ts | Curry powder |
| 2 | c | Water |
Recipe by: CAROL KOSOWSKI (YPZW00A) * (not too old as the older ones have
too many seeds in them). In a large roasting pan,layer the cukes, then the
onions,back to the cukes and the onions again sprinkling with the pickling
salt in between the layers. let soak for 3 hours and then drain the juice
and discard. Next you make a brime for the pickles and onions. 3 cups of
sugar, 4 1/2 teaspoons mustard seed, 4 1/2 tsp.celery seed, 2 tsp.curry
powder, 3 cups cider vinegar, 2 cups water. Heat this to boiling and then
add the drained cukes and onions and simmer on low for10 min only.(hummm,
it starts to smell up the kitchen and you just want to eat them right
away). Now having hot sterilized large canning jars, fill to cover all the
pickles and onions to the top. Put a bread knife into each jar to bring up
the air in the liquid and of course don't leave it there, take the knife
out and put on the caps and seal. You may hear the seal take place with a
pop and you can see that the cover seems to suck in and it should hold that
way for a tight seal.I turn the jars over and let stand til cool. To check
a tight seal you can push down on the top of the cover and if it does not
snap up after you let go, then you have a tight seal. If the cover does pop
right up after pushing down and releasing then you have a poor seal, You
could just eat those pickles now. yumm yumm.don'tput it away to store. You
can also draw some water in a large bowl or pan or even in the sink and
take each cooled jar and imerge the top into the water and check for
bubbles coming from the top. If you see bubbles coming from the lid then
you have a bad seal. Doesn't happen very often. Store the jars in a dark
cool place.as far as how long you can keep them, you could keep them up to
one year because of the vinegar will protect the pickles but I doubt it
very much after you open one jar, it would last one year. Here is a pickle
recipe I would love to share with you all.It is an old one I have had for
over 30 years. CAROL KOSOWSKI (YPZW00A) From: Angela [lynn] Gilliland Date:
01 May 97 Meal-Master Format Recipes (Mailing List) Ä