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

[indingrl]

Yum

[Giulia]

Cool.  Had no idea you could freeze cukes!

[Mandolinrain]

Me either, I figured they would tase mushy, but they don't! I once made a corn relish that was similar to this, I need to go look it up

[JACKIE1-25-15]

Sounds good.  I did get some cucumbers but nothing to brag about.  The ones the squirrels could not find before they got a chance to grow. Lots of peppers and beans though.  Freezer packed. Working on freezing tomatos.  The zucchini the same thing.  However, each year I am learning new ways to keep the animals out of the garden.  I just started my fall garden.   Not so many animals and bugs.  lol.  Maybe there will be someway to taste those pickles at EX 8 lol. 

[Mandolinrain]

Well we had so much extreme heat and rain this summer my plants all suffered. The zucchini did terrible. My tomatoes di average but got blight ...the cherry tomatoes are still producing very well as are all the herbs and strawberries. Peppers did just okay and slugs got to my Kale and all my roses bushes. Celery is doing well though

I didnt plant as much as usual and I think I need to get some nitrates in the soil. Had an abundance or horse manure at last house i used. Probably need better soil.

[Giulia]

So when you say "brine" do you just mean salty water?  And if so - how much?  Do these taste kind of like sweet and sour pickles or more like new pickles (i.e. more like cukes than pickles?) .  Personally I prefer the new pickles.  Never liked bread and butter pickles.  

[Mandolinrain]

Giulia‌ so all the ingredients above combined IS the brine. After 3 days of stirring them in that ( which I use a huge big pickle jar to store them in refrigerator as I stir them each day ) when I pour them into freezer bags I pour a bit of brine over them. They fast more sweet and sour and I think mostly because I cut to much sugar out of them

[sweetplt]

Sorry about the zucchini...but wow on the cucumbers and a healthy cucumber salad...enjoy...~ Happy Tuesday ~ Colleen 274 DOF 

[Giulia]

Got it.  I'll give it a go next year.  Our cukes have already come and gone here.