Cucumbers coming out like crazy!

[Mandolinrain]

Well me zucchini has not faired very well, but I have an abundance of cucumbers.  I got a recipe from a friend called Freezer pickles and it is AWESOME. The only thing I did different was cut back the sugar ALOT and added mustard seed to it.

Heres the recipe if you are interested. I doubled the recipe below. My friend brought some over that were previously frozen and they were very crunchy.! She like me cut back the sugar in it. Me husband loves them

INGREDIENTS

• 7

  cups thin sliced cucumbers(with peel)
• 1

  large sweet onion, medium sliced
• ¹⁄₂

  cup green pepper, thinly sliced
• ¹⁄₂

  cup red sweet pepper, thinly sliced
• 1

  tablespoon pickling salt- ( I used kosher salt )
• ¹⁄₂

  teaspoon celery seed ( I used a teasspoon )
• 1

  cup white vinegar
• 2

  cups white sugar ( I used i/2 cup sugar)

  I also added a teaspoon Mustard seed

DIRECTIONS

• Combine all the ingredients in a bowl.
• Stir well, cover and refrigerate for 3 days. Stir every day.
• Pack into freezer containers and cover with brine (I use ziplock bags to have the pickles in small portions and then place the small bags in a larger freezer container). Freeze Thaw before serving

[Daniela2016]

Sounds good, at home, in the "good" times of communist era, there were no fresh veggies, or fresh fruit around the year.  So we had to pickle, conserve them when they were at their pick.  Mom conserved cabbage, cucumber, green tomatoes, carrots, bell peppers, froze eggplant, green beans, sweet peas, and a mixture of veggies for stews.  I grew up in her home, I grew to love them.  As we speak I have a big jar (can't wait to open it), purchased, not home made, of yellow, round peppers stuffed with cabbage.  Did you know pickled veggies are good for the gut health.  Eat on people, they are good for us.

Thanks for the recipe Missy, I might just try it next year, even if the cucumber does not grown in my garden, I have ways to get it at good prices, at a Middle-Eastern store.

[Mandolinrain]

This is a double patch in refrigerator that I stir everyday for 3 days before they go into freezer bags

This is what they look like in freezer bags

[Daniela2016]

Beautiful, they look great!

The only difference is that mom did not use vinegar, just salt, she kept them out for 3 days, once/day she was replacing the water with boiling water, after the 3rd day she used cellophane, double layer, and string, and put them in the pantry, for use in winter, even next spring  Interesting the parallels in the methods, the 3 days boiling water, 3 days stirring