So we have lots of little cucumbers in our garden! Well. but, there is a problem... they are bitter too!!!!! Dang heat! I picked some that were about 6 inches long but they are turning yellow and when they turn yellow they are not tasty. Yet agan I looked it up and found out that the heat can make your cucumbers bitter! I am hoping by refrigerating them they will stop this bitterness. I took the ones that I picked and pickled them using this recipe:
2 cups water
2 cups vinegar (I used 3 different kinds)
1/4 cup sea salt (I know I should of used canning salt but I did not have any!)
3 cloves garlic quartered
1 tps black pepper
1 tps dill or one clump fresh dill
1 tps mustard
a couple dashes red pepper flakes depending if you like it spicy
I added every thing in a pot brought it to a boil to make a brine and then pored it over 7 cucumbers so it covered them. I put a plastic cover over it and put a weight on top so the cucumbers stay under the brine. I am just going to leave it in the fridge instead of canning them only because I did not have the cans. I hope it works out so we can be eating pickles in 3 weeks!
I have never pickled anything so this is just on a whim so if you want a real recipe then look it up online :-)
