Canning 2022

[glenn57]

It's started. Pickles are done for another year . 41 qts but had 1 casualty. Packed to tight!! 1 bushel. They where $100.00.

[Bobberineyes]

Dang, you been busy!! Looks great,  how long are they in the hot bath for?

[glenn57]

Dang, you been busy!! Looks great,  how long are they in the hot bath for?

between 10 to 15 minutes. No longer or they get soft. imo anyway.

Took 4 hours from the time the pickles got home to finish. That doesn't include my time yesterday cleaning onions and garlic

[LPS]

So you said one casualty.  What happened to that jar that you said you over packed?  I have had a few softer jars now and then.  Maybe a couple out of 35-40 and I have always wondered why.  Mayhaps I cooked them too long or packed them too full.  We go 20 minutes. 

[glenn57]

Just packed the jar with to much stuff, mainly pickles. I don't know if I or my wife packed that one but I did catch her pushing the pickles to hard. You need to take into account that it expands when it's hot bathed

From my experience the longer you hot bath them the softer the pickles get. This isa just my philosophy, you hot bath it to seal the lid and to activate so to speak thee dill, garlic and onions.

I mayu add more vinegar than it calls for but not much more. Don't know if the pickling salt does anything but I stay the course with that.

[glenn57]

So you said one casualty.  What happened to that jar that you said you over packed?  I have had a few softer jars now and then.  Maybe a couple out of 35-40 and I have always wondered why.  Mayhaps I cooked them too long or packed them too full.  We go 20 minutes.

to actually answer your question  the bottom of the jar blew out. Broke, kaput!!🙄

[Bobberineyes]

Wowser... Think I posted last year that some of the pickled jalapeno lids buckled,  musta been not enough head room I'm guessing.

[LPS]

Wow that's one heck of an implosion I'm thinking.  Or was it an explosion?   

[glenn57]

Wowser... Think I posted last year that some of the pickled jalapeno lids buckled,  musta been not enough head room I'm guessing.

yeppers that'll do it to if it's packed to tight!!

[glenn57]

Wow that's one heck of an implosion I'm thinking.  Or was it an explosion?

naw it was on the bottom of the canner, I heard it crack and new right away.

It's not the first time.

[KEN W]

It's started. Pickles are done for another year . 41 qts but had 1 casualty. Packed to tight!! 1 bushel. They where $100.00.

Dill?

Kosher with garlic?

Hot ones?

[glenn57]

I call them garlic dill. I do add Onion. No kosher.

I did do 7 qts of hot ones,. Same  ingredients only I added 4 tia chili peppers.

[KEN W]

If you are putting in garlic, they are Kosher. No garlic, then just regular dill pickles.

I like The garlic in.

[Ramone H.]

Good morn. Dose anyone have a pickle process tjat would be willing to share? We have to many cuccumbers and need to deal with them. We have neve pickled cucc's before. Or should just look up utube?

[glenn57]

Good morn. Dose anyone have a pickle process tjat would be willing to share? We have to many cuccumbers and need to deal with them. We have neve pickled cucc's before. Or should just look up utube?

well........there are several ways i deal with cucumbers............and pickles are a whole new deal. to me a cuke is longer then 5-6 inches. 

let me know what you have in mind and i can tell ya what i do.

[Bobberineyes]

Mommas family has always been huge with the sun pickles.  Three days in the sun then refrigerate.  Pretty simple, 1 cup cider vinegar to 6 cups water, dill, garlic and canning salt. I thought she was nuts when she first started doing this,  but they are tasty.

[Ramone H.]

Glenn, we would like a good snappy dill picke or what they term a bread and butter chip pickles

[glenn57]

Glenn, we would like a good snappy dill picke or what they term a bread and butter chip pickles

sorry bud, can't help with that type of pickle. Don't make them.

[glenn57]

Mommas family has always been huge with the sun pickles.  Three days in the sun then refrigerate.  Pretty simple, 1 cup cider vinegar to 6 cups water, dill, garlic and canning salt. I thought she was nuts when she first started doing this,  but they are tasty.

what iffin it's cloudy out???🤭🤭

[KEN W]

Glenn, we would like a good snappy dill picke or what they term a bread and butter chip pickles

Dill pickles are different than Bread and butter. Bread and butter has quite a bit of sugar added to them.

I also always add pickling spices to my pickles.

[roony]

I like them sun pickles but they sure are salty.

[glenn57]

Glenn, we would like a good snappy dill picke or what they term a bread and butter chip pickles

Dill pickles are different than Bread and butter. Bread and butter has quite a bit of sugar added to them.

I also always add pickling spices to my pickles.

yea they do. i make what i call a frig pickle. its 7 cups of sliced cukes, 1 cup sliced onions.
then put in some salt and let set for about 3 hours.
the brine is 2 cups sugar and 1 cup vinegar and dill seed. heat to disolve the sugar then pour over cukes and put in the frig. its good but pretty sweet.

[KEN W]

Yup....that's how I make them also.

[glenn57]

Another way I really like cukes, is slicing them and onions, I don't measure though.  Do the same with the salt. Rinse really good. Then add half and half. Add some sugar and vinegar to taste. The more sugar the sweeter it is, the more vinegar, more tart and I like it on the tart side so I don't add a lot of sugar, and I mean like maybe a tablespoon is all.

[HD]

I got a bread and butter recipe somewhere, I'll look for it this afternoon.

I like making a marinaded salad with my extra cukes. It has red onion and Roma tomatoes.

[mike89]

cucs and mayo too with onion and some cherry maters!

[roony]

Ours don't even have any flowers yet.

[HD]

Here ya go....

[glenn57]

Ours don't even have any flowers yet.

awe  your cukes lose there cher... Er ..... flowers already!!!

[KEN W]

Ours don't even have any flowers yet.

No cukes yet here either. Although I have started picking Zucchini