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prairie_princess
True Blue Farmgirl
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Elizabeth
Carpenter
WY
USA
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Posted - Aug 19 2010 : 6:17:04 PM
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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...
"Only two things that money can't buy, that's true love and homegrown tomatoes." - Guy Clark
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Candy C.
True Blue Farmgirl
823 Posts
Candy
Mescal
AZ
USA
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Posted - Aug 26 2010 : 07:26:56 AM
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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!
Candy C. Farmgirl Sister #977
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rashley1180
Farmgirl in Training
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Rebecca
Laramie
WY
USA
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Posted - Aug 29 2010 : 09:40:43 AM
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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
True Blue Farmgirl
249 Posts
Cathy
USA
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Posted - Aug 29 2010 : 10:42:26 AM
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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. Hugz,
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prairie_princess
True Blue Farmgirl
613 Posts
Elizabeth
Carpenter
WY
USA
613 Posts |
Posted - Aug 31 2010 : 11:12:18 AM
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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!
"Only two things that money can't buy, that's true love and homegrown tomatoes." - Guy Clark
"The man who has planted a garden feels he has done something for the good of the world." - Charles Dudley Warner |
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prairie_princess
True Blue Farmgirl
613 Posts
Elizabeth
Carpenter
WY
USA
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Posted - Aug 31 2010 : 11:31:10 AM
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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!
"Only two things that money can't buy, that's true love and homegrown tomatoes." - Guy Clark
"The man who has planted a garden feels he has done something for the good of the world." - Charles Dudley Warner |
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prairie_princess
True Blue Farmgirl
613 Posts
Elizabeth
Carpenter
WY
USA
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Posted - Sep 10 2010 : 08:49:02 AM
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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!
"Only two things that money can't buy, that's true love and homegrown tomatoes." - Guy Clark
"The man who has planted a garden feels he has done something for the good of the world." - Charles Dudley Warner |
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