"brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> "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"?
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Tight lid.

> Forget the vinegar. Put up fermented pickles, in brine... water, kosher
> salt, pickling spices, garlic, and dill.

I can do that. How long would they last in vinegar, though? I may end up
preserving 3 or 4 gallons of these. I would like to keep them in the fridge
(I have room) and avoid having to can them.

> I put up another jar today... I do pickle spears, I can fit more in the
> jar.

OK, so you don't have to seal the jars? I don;t ant to buy a huge kettle
just for this and of course all the jars.

Paul