Tips For Making Crunchy, Crispy, Cucumber Pickles
07-05-2020, 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by trustme2
I have an easy recipe for a crisp sweet pickle. It would take a while to type. I will gladly share (copy & paste) if you are interested and allow me to pm you.
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Perhaps it would be just as easy for you to post it directly here, and just have to do it once? Your choice, just a suggestion.
07-05-2020, 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by trustme2
I have an easy recipe for a crisp sweet pickle. It would take a while to type. I will gladly share (copy & paste) if you are interested and allow me to pm you.
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07-06-2020, 07:31 AM
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I looked up my mom's old recipe for dill pickles..and I see she used Alum, 1 tsp in each quart...now I see that there is a warning out for Alum and it is suggested that if you use it...should not be more than 1/4 tsp as it is toxic. I will have to research that further as it seems the toxic properties is thought to add to your chances of Alzheimer's or Dementia. Because of the aluminum in it but I thought I read somewhere that the theory about aluminum being a cause had been shown to not be true and I am also confused about cream of tartar as that seems to maybe have the same components as Alum? Anyway..more research is to be done with all of that, I remember my mom's dill pickles being nice and crispy..
07-06-2020, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Barb in Louisiana
I find this interesting that no one mentions whether these are sweet pickles, bread & butter pickles or dill pickles. Do these suggestions work for all the types of pickles? When I saw ferment, I thought probably dill? Am I wrong?
These tips were below a recipe for Kosher Dill Pickles, so I'm guessing that is what they were referring to. However, I don't see why you can't use the same tricks for sweet pickles too.
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07-09-2020, 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by quiltnthyme
Be sure you use pickling cucumbers. Don't use purposes ones, they won't work.
07-09-2020, 05:18 PM
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Alum?
Originally Posted by sewingpup
I looked up my mom's old recipe for dill pickles..and I see she used Alum, 1 tsp in each quart...now I see that there is a warning out for Alum and it is suggested that if you use it...should not be more than 1/4 tsp as it is toxic. I will have to research that further as it seems the toxic properties is thought to add to your chances of Alzheimer's or Dementia. Because of the aluminum in it but I thought I read somewhere that the theory about aluminum being a cause had been shown to not be true and I am also confused about cream of tartar as that seems to maybe have the same components as Alum? Anyway..more research is to be done with all of that, I remember my mom's dill pickles being nice and crispy..
I have another from a neighbor which uses 1 teaspoon alum plus vinegar in the soak for a large Dutch oven.
Both are poured off and rinsed. Then onto the next step.
For dill pickles I just soak overnight in ice water before proceeding.
07-12-2020, 05:39 AM
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I think that the ice water soak is a good idea. Can't hurt.
Personally, I don't think that I'd use alum. It's not readily available to me and I have tons of grape leaves and other things just naturally growing around here that have tannin in them. Alum seems like overkill. To each his own.
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Personally, I don't think that I'd use alum. It's not readily available to me and I have tons of grape leaves and other things just naturally growing around here that have tannin in them. Alum seems like overkill. To each his own.
~ C
