JonquilJan wrote:
> Wayne Boatwright > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>On Sun 19 Jun 2005 04:22:50p, JonquilJan wrote in rec.food.preserving:
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>>>My favorite B & B pickle recipe comes from a USDA pamphlet about pickles
>>>and pickling. Have had it for years. Haven't made any for years but
>>>when I used to put up a lot, had to not mention I had done so at family
>>>gatherings. Except my mother would take a jar or two to those gatherings
>>>and the secret was out. No matter how many I put up - they never seemed
>>>to last until the next season.
>>>
>>>JonquilJan
>>
>>Would you mind posting the recipe?
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>--
>>Wayne Boatwright *¿*
>
>
> If I can find it will do. Has been a few years since I used it - I am
> disabled and my physical problems have caught up with my 'desired'
> activities (including canning and preserving). Do remember it involved
> slicing up the pickling cukes with a few small white onions, adding a bunch
> of ice cubes, soaking overnight, then draining and adding pickling spices,
> tumeric and vinegar, cooking for a bit - then jarring up and processing.
> Will try to come up with the quantities - if I can find the list.
>
> JonquilJan
>
Sounds just like the recipe I used from the Ball Blue Book, including
the ice cube treatment to make them crisper.

George