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Farm Kitchen:  Pickle/cucumber question  |
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Mollie
True Blue Farmgirl
88 Posts
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 Posted - Jul 05 2006 : 08:25:21 AM
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| Okay, I wasn't paying attention and my older daughter planted the cucumbers this year. These cucumbers are HUGE, and we have LOTS. She is dying to make/can dill pickles. How can I make pickles with these monsters?? What to do with them?? I have always used smaller pickling cucumbers before. I don't want to disappoint her, HELP??? |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Jul 08 2006 : 11:16:26 AM
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Cut 'em up and go for it! Really - I'm not sure, but I know that I've seen some huge deli dill pickles - and they're good!!!
XOXO, Libbie
"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe |
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katiedid
True Blue Farmgirl
601 Posts
Kate
West Jordan
Utah
USA
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Posted - Jul 08 2006 : 11:26:36 AM
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You could make the refridgerator pickles, just peel and slice the pickles, add white vinegar to a quart jar of water, some salt and pepper... they are so good. I will post the recipe soon.
It takes alot of pickles to stuff the jars too!
Or you could do like my neighbors do with too much zuccini, just drop them off on peoples porches, or in unlocked cars, or hang them in shopping bags over the fence, etc.... around here, in August, zuccini is falling from the sky!
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abbasgurl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Rhonda
USA
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Posted - Jul 08 2006 : 8:28:34 PM
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Oh my goodness Kate! Do you know how much fun my kids (& I) could have doing zucchini "drive bys"!? I know what we will be doing with all our extra produce! LOL
Rhonda
...and I will sing at the top of my lungs, and I will dance, even if I'm the only one! |
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Celticheart
True Blue Farmgirl
811 Posts
Marcia
WA
USA
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Posted - Jul 09 2006 : 3:05:25 PM
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If they're really big you could make relish.
"I suppose the pleasure of country life lies really in the eternally renewed evidence of the determination to live." Vita Sackville-West
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sugarsfarm
True Blue Farmgirl
272 Posts
Leah
Woodward
Iowa
USA
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Posted - Jul 17 2006 : 2:26:51 PM
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katiedid i cant wait to see the recipe for the refridgerator pickles i have SOOOO many cucumbers!!!
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
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Hideaway Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1553 Posts
Jo
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Jul 18 2006 : 10:02:56 AM
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Mollie,
You can also use up extra cukes by pretending they are potato chips - slice as thin as possible but thick enough for them to hold dip - then serve platefuls (really) with assorted ranch, onion, cheese spread, plain mayo (yuk) or cottage cheese, etc. Maybe even yogurt or that wonderful but smelly greek white sauce used for gyros and souvlaki.
It's amazing how fast they disappear that way.
We also make Icebox pickles, slice the cukes and put in containers with white vinegar, water and sliced onions, plus some ice cubes. Refrigerate at least one hour before serving and these will last for days in the fridge.
Enjoy!
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