Monday, November 1, 2010

Refrigerator Pickles

I love a good deli pickle. But the pickles you buy in those jars at the market just don’t cut it! They are all soggy & not at all tasty. I had always heard about these pickles you could make & keep in the refrigerator for 2 weeks. After doing some research I found some recipes & tried them out. Of course, I had to make a recipe my own, & this is what I came up with.

Take 6-8 pickling cucumbers & quarter them lengthwise into spears. Place them in a container that you can seal & keep in the refrigerator. Cover the spears with this combination:


2 cups cold water
1/3 cup white vinegar
1 TBSP. kosher salt
2 teaspoons sugar
5 whole peppercorns
10 grinds of pepper
3 cloves of garlic

Keep these pickles in the fridge. I have been told that they last for 2 weeks, I really do not know because my family devours them in less than a week!
P.S. I also read that they need 2 days to “cure”. But, I love them even after 1 day!
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4 comments:

  1. UnknownNovember 3, 2010 at 7:50 PM

    I love pickles and never thought about making them myself! Totally trying this, thanks for posting!

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  2. Dana CherylNovember 4, 2010 at 9:21 PM

    I simply cannot wait to try these!!! I spend a fortune on Claussen pickles for the very reason you wrote about--can't stand a soggy pickle.

    It'll be great to make my own. I've never heard of "refrigerator pickles" before today. I grow a garden and ALWAYS have boxes of cucumbers that end up in compost even after giving loads away... I think this could easily become my #1 Favorite Summer Recipe! I'm just imagining fresh pickles at family dinners and bbq's... My friends, family, and neighbors will love me. :)

    Of course, I can't wait til the summer. I'm gonna have to buy some cucumbers during my next grocery shopping adventure and try this asap.

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  3. UnknownNovember 8, 2010 at 7:26 AM

    Dana..I tried them and they were so good! I couldn't wait 2 days to let them cure so I tried after a day and they were delish!
    I actually made 2 batches. In the second batch I added some crushed red pepper flakes, just for a little kick...yum!
    Thanks Andrea!

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  4. Dana CherylNovember 15, 2010 at 9:25 PM

    Oooooh! Thanks for coming back to tell us Susan. OK that settles it. Gonna hunt me up some cucumbers this week. Did you use regular size cucumbers? I grow my own and pick 'em when they're right at that just-perfect-pickle-size. Although oddly enough I've only tried to make pickles once and it didn't turn out so well. However, I still pick 'em and give 'em away to a few pickle-making friends. (Yep, I live waaaayyyy out in the country. lol!)

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