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prairie_princess
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Elizabeth
Carpenter WY
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Posted - Aug 19 2010 :  6:17:04 PM  Show Profile
I just made zuc pickles for the first time... love them! They taste just like bread and butter pickles, you'd never even know they weren't cucumbers!

But I had a question... can you substitute zucs for any pickle recipe? Say, dill or sweet pickles? I got the recipe from a canning book that my MIL had and there weren't any mentions of other zuc pickle recipes or any info on just substituting them...

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Candy C.
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Candy
Mescal AZ
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Posted - Aug 26 2010 :  07:26:56 AM  Show Profile  Send Candy C. a Yahoo! Message
Elizabeth,

I have used zucchini to make relish before. I substituted the zucchini for the cucumbers in a spicy-hot relish recipe. Not sure about dill or sweet pickles though. I agree about the bread & butter zucchini pickle recipe being great!

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rashley1180
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Rebecca
Laramie WY
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Posted - Aug 29 2010 :  09:40:43 AM  Show Profile  Send rashley1180 an AOL message  Click to see rashley1180's MSN Messenger address  Send rashley1180 a Yahoo! Message
I made some bread and butter pickles yesterday and the recipe said squash could be substituted. I got it from one of UW's extension bulletins. They have good ones for pickles an zucchini.
http://www.uwyo.edu/cessupport/agpubs/Search_Subject.asp


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okiequilter
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Cathy

USA
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Posted - Aug 29 2010 :  10:42:26 AM  Show Profile
Like Candy did, I usually substitute zucchini for cucumbers in my relish recipe. I actually used cucumbers today in 2 batches because I wanted to use up the end of my cucumber harvest. Really, I think I like it better with the zucchini :)
Relish and bread & butter pickles are the only 2 kinds of pickles that I have substituted zucchini for the cucumbers in.
Good luck! Please let us know if you have another recipe.
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Cathy
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prairie_princess
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Elizabeth
Carpenter WY
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Posted - Aug 31 2010 :  11:12:18 AM  Show Profile
I'll keep searching for different recipes... I plan on trying the zucs in relish. I'll let you know if I find any other recipes!

Rebecca, glad to finally see another WY farmgirl on here who is fairly close to where I live!

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prairie_princess
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Elizabeth
Carpenter WY
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Posted - Aug 31 2010 :  11:31:10 AM  Show Profile
Just found this recipe I think I'll try for Dill Zuc Pickles:

http://www.bigoven.com/recipe/12240/Zucchini-Dill-Pickles

I update you how they come out!

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prairie_princess
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Elizabeth
Carpenter WY
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Posted - Sep 10 2010 :  08:49:02 AM  Show Profile
Just wanted to let you gals know... I wasn't so thrilled with the dill pickle version. Not horrible, just not as good as I'd hoped. Soon, I'll try the relish and let you know how that turns out!

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