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Default Home made pickles


"Paul M. Cook" > wrote in message
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> I'm up to my arm pits in cucumbers. A very good thing. I just plucked 10
> pounds of my cucs today and I have easily 30 more pounds on the way. I am
> thinking of making a gallon of fresh pickles, not the canned and preserved
> type, just some vinegar, water and onions plus some herbs in a jar and
> then into the fridge. How long would they last in the fridge in a tight
> jar?
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What's a "tight jar"?

Forget the vinegar. Put up fermented pickles, in brine... water, kosher
salt, pickling spices, garlic, and dill.
I put up another jar today... I do pickle spears, I can fit more in the jar.