Simpler Living

Super-simple pickle recipe

JB

I don't like cucumbers, but they are very easy to grow.  However, I do like pickles, but a lot of people made pickling sound hard.  However, it's super-easy and super-quick with the right recipe.  This is a modification of this recipe.

I got two small cucumbers from the garden.  They were probably half-sized.  I only picked them because I was impatient to wait for the rest of them.  I then sliced them thinly.  I also sliced a half of a small onion.  I put these things in a small jar.

I then took 1/2 cup of vinegar and mixed it with 1/2 cup of sugar, and added just a little bit of salt, mustard seed, ground turmeric, ground cloves, and dill.  I then boiled it until the sugar disappeared.

Once the sugar was dissolved, I just poured my stuff over my cucumbers, closed the lid to the jar, and stuck it in the refrigerator.

24 hours later...pickles!

I wonder, however, if all of the spices are needed.  I think next time I'm going to go super-simple and see what it tastes like with just vinegar, sugar, and salt.