On 6/30/2011 7:53 AM, Nyssa wrote:
> The Cook wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:55:44 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> In >,
>>> The > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Just started a batch of Mrs. Wage's sweet pickles. I am using the
>>>> long version this time. I think I will try the Pickle Crisp for the
>>>> next batch.
>>>>
>>>> When I was at a family reunion a couple of weeks ago I tried some of
>>>> the pickles there and asked who made them. I found out who and she
>>>> said, "I use the recipe on the Mrs. Wage's bag."
>>>
>>> Gherkins or more like a b& b?
>>
>> More like a gherkin but sliced. George makes them. The ones I ate at
>> the reunion were not translucent and were crisp. I tried to make a
>> recipe I used before we moved here. They were cooked until they were
>> translucent. Can't get them to work here. It takes forever to get
>> them translucent, not crisp and the syrup is too thick. Probably the
>> altitude. Previously live at sea level. Now my house is at 1100'+. I
>> am looking for recipes for the whole sweet pickles. Heinz made them
>> but I haven't located them recently. Luckily my local grocery has a
>> store brand that is just about the same. We use them for potato salad
>> and kidney bean salad.
>>
>> Got to find the water bath pan and wash jars. Then start to heat them
>> up. They have been sitting in the syrup overnight.
>>
> Years ago I made several types of pickles, but I never tried sweet
> pickles. Considering that I like sweet pickles the best, it's probably
> because I never found a recipe that I felt looked like what I wanted
> to end up with.
>
> If anyone does have or find a non-brined sweet pickle (preferably for
> whole cukes) recipe, please post it. I'd love to give it a try this
> year assuming my gherkin puts out enough cucumbers in spite of our
> moderate drought.
>
> Nyssa, who scored big yesterday finding Pickle Crisp, the jar of Ball
> pectin, storage lids both regular and wide, a marked down jar of Fruit
> Fresh and capped it off with a new BH&G Canning magazine
>
Here's one way to do them: http://tinyurl.com/6l5ez5s

Go to the UGA website: http://tinyurl.com/9fy34
and you will find a world of advice on making sweet pickles. As a
diabetic I now make my sweet pickles with Splenda and no one seems to be
able to tell it isn't real sugar.

I've not tried to do whole sweet pickles, probably because I like them
sliced better. I do make luncheon spears quite often but they are dilled
and not sweet.