Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? I want to make
Kosher garlic pickles. I don't know if it is OK to use plastic and
maybe that is something that none of us really know. So, maybe glass
jars are the best. Any ideas?

Alan

Alan wrote:
> Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? I want to make
> Kosher garlic pickles. I don't know if it is OK to use plastic and
> maybe that is something that none of us really know. So, maybe glass
> jars are the best. Any ideas?

Glass canning jars. You can get TONS more info over on
rec.food.preserving. That's a great crew there, and they know everything
there is to know about making pickles.

Serene

--
"I think I have an umami receptor that has developed sentience." -- Stef

"Alan" > wrote in message
...
> Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? I want to make
> Kosher garlic pickles. I don't know if it is OK to use plastic and
> maybe that is something that none of us really know. So, maybe glass
> jars are the best. Any ideas?
>
> Alan

Any grocery store.


Ball Jars.


--
Old Scoundrel

(AKA Dimitri)

"Alan" > wrote in message
...
> Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? I want to make
> Kosher garlic pickles. I don't know if it is OK to use plastic and
> maybe that is something that none of us really know. So, maybe glass
> jars are the best. Any ideas?
>
> Alan

Ball Jars are perfect for that. Some stupidmarkets sell them. Also WallMart,
Target, K Mart, Sears, etc.

Dimitri wrote:

> "Alan" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? I want to make
> > Kosher garlic pickles. I don't know if it is OK to use plastic and
> > maybe that is something that none of us really know. So, maybe glass
> > jars are the best. Any ideas?
> >
> > Alan
>
> Any grocery store.
>

They also sell them in most of the hardware stores around here.

Kswck wrote on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:22:25 -0400:


> "Alan" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? I want
>> to make Kosher garlic pickles. I don't know if it is OK to
>> use plastic and maybe that is something that none of us
>> really know. So, maybe glass jars are the best. Any ideas?
>>
>> Alan

>Ball Jars are perfect for that. Some stupidmarkets sell them. Also
>WallMart, Target, K Mart, Sears, etc.


You know, I'd no idea what was a "Ball Jar"! I had to go to the net to
find it was the same thing as a Mason Jar, the normal jar for preserving
produce or delivering moonshine. Just for completeness, they are
sometimes called "Fruit Jars" from a common impressed design.
Apparently, Mr Mason invented them and Mr Ball first made them.

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

Alan wrote:

> Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? I want to make
> Kosher garlic pickles. I don't know if it is OK to use plastic and
> maybe that is something that none of us really know. So, maybe glass
> jars are the best. Any ideas?

I dunno about yours, but my usual mainstream supermarket chain has glass
jars and lids for canning.


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Alan wrote:
> Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? �I want to make
> Kosher garlic pickles. �I don't know if it is OK to use plastic and
> maybe that is something that none of us really know. �So, maybe glass
> jars are the best. �Any ideas?

For kosher garlic pickles canning jars are the absolute worst of all
possible choces... they're too small, the opening is too small, and
typically have metal parts.

What you want are earthenware glazed crocks, the 2 gallon size is good
for beginners. You can also use 1 gallon wide mouth screw lid glass
jars, the type you find in the stupidmarket filled with cooked
pickles, but will need to encase the metal lid in many layers of
plastic wrap. You can also use 5 gallon food safe plastic pails, they
look like contractors pails but make sure yours are new food safe
buckets... sometimes your local deli will give you a few.

Search the net for <FERMENTED pickle recipes>.

On Jul 19, 2:44�pm, Blinky the Shark > wrote:
> Alan wrote:
> > Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? �I want to make
> > Kosher garlic pickles. �I don't know if it is OK to use plastic and
> > maybe that is something that none of us really know. �So, maybe glass
> > jars are the best. �Any ideas?
>
> I dunno about yours, but my usual mainstream supermarket chain has glass
> jars and lids for canning.


Real kosher pickles are not canned... in fact the container is never
sealed... real kosher pickles are a living thing, they're fermented,
and eventually refrigerated. The so called kosher pickles in sealed
jars on the market shelf are poor imposters/fakes/not even close.

Amazing, none of yoose ever ate a real kosher pickle.

In article >,
Alan > wrote:

> Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? I want to make
> Kosher garlic pickles.

What does that mean? Fermented? You can do that in a food grade
plastic bucket or container.

Canning jars are made (OK, carry the labels of) Kerr, Ball, Golden
Harvest in the USA, Bernardin in Canadia. Walmart has Kerr. Fleet
Farm has Kerr. Kmart likely has them, too. As might your local thrift
shop. If the thrift shop wants more than 50 cents for each jar and it
doesn't have a screw band, move on and buy new that will already have a
new band and lid.

> I don't know if it is OK to use plastic and
> maybe that is something that none of us really know. So, maybe glass
> jars are the best. Any ideas?
>
> Alan

rec.food.preserving is the place for your question, Alan. Nice people.
Knowledgeable. ON topic.

Also check out www.uga.edu/nchfp (the Nat'l Ctr for Home Food
Preservation.)
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
rec.food.cooking
Preserved Fruit Administrator
"Always in a jam. Never in a stew." - Evergene

"Alan" > wrote in message
...
> Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? I want to make
> Kosher garlic pickles. I don't know if it is OK to use plastic and
> maybe that is something that none of us really know. So, maybe glass
> jars are the best. Any ideas?
>
> Alan


try www.lehmans.com . It is a mail order company that supplies the
Amish/Mennonite community (or that's where it started). It offers not only
the canning jars but all the other equipment you need to start canning and
sells books on the 'how to' as well.

Good luck. I also recommend rec.food.preserving.
-ginny

Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:

> try www.lehmans.com . It is a mail order company that supplies the
> Amish/Mennonite community (or that's where it started). It offers not only
> the canning jars but all the other equipment you need to start canning and
> sells books on the 'how to' as well.

I love it. A web site for the Amish.


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"James Silverton" > wrote in message
news:Jpqgk.100$oU.5@trnddc07...
> Kswck wrote on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:22:25 -0400:
>
>
>> "Alan" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? I want
>>> to make Kosher garlic pickles. I don't know if it is OK to
>>> use plastic and maybe that is something that none of us
>>> really know. So, maybe glass jars are the best. Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Alan
>
>>Ball Jars are perfect for that. Some stupidmarkets sell them. Also
>>WallMart, Target, K Mart, Sears, etc.
>
>
> You know, I'd no idea what was a "Ball Jar"! I had to go to the net to
> find it was the same thing as a Mason Jar, the normal jar for preserving
> produce or delivering moonshine. Just for completeness, they are sometimes
> called "Fruit Jars" from a common impressed design. Apparently, Mr Mason
> invented them and Mr Ball first made them.
>
> --
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
> Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

A Ball Jar is a glass Mason jar, originally made in Ballston Spa, NY. I
think they are mostly made in Corning, NY. now though.

"Sheldon" > wrote in message
...
Alan wrote:
> Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? ?I want to make
> Kosher garlic pickles. ?I don't know if it is OK to use plastic and
> maybe that is something that none of us really know. ?So, maybe glass
> jars are the best. ?Any ideas?

For kosher garlic pickles canning jars are the absolute worst of all
possible choces... they're too small, the opening is too small, and
typically have metal parts.

What you want are earthenware glazed crocks, the 2 gallon size is good
for beginners. You can also use 1 gallon wide mouth screw lid glass
jars, the type you find in the stupidmarket filled with cooked
pickles, but will need to encase the metal lid in many layers of
plastic wrap. You can also use 5 gallon food safe plastic pails, they
look like contractors pails but make sure yours are new food safe
buckets... sometimes your local deli will give you a few.

Search the net for <FERMENTED pickle recipes>.

If there is a restaurant supply store near you, you can get large food safe
plastic pails as well.

On Jul 20, 7:15�am, "Kswck" > wrote:
> "Sheldon" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> Alan wrote:
> > Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? ?I want to make
> > Kosher garlic pickles. ?I don't know if it is OK to use plastic and
> > maybe that is something that none of us really know. ?So, maybe glass
> > jars are the best. ?Any ideas?
>
> For kosher garlic pickles canning jars are the absolute worst of all
> possible choces... they're too small, the opening is too small, and
> typically have metal parts.
>
> What you want are earthenware glazed crocks, the 2 gallon size is good
> for beginners. �You can also use 1 gallon wide mouth screw lid glass
> jars, the type you find in the stupidmarket filled with cooked
> pickles, but will need to encase the metal lid in many layers of
> plastic wrap. �You can also use 5 gallon food safe plastic pails, they
> look like contractors pails but make sure yours are new food safe
> buckets... sometimes your local deli will give you a few.
>
> Search the net for <FERMENTED pickle recipes>.
>
> If there is a restaurant supply store near you, you can get large
> food safe plastic pails as well.

There are sources on the net too, I bought a couple of resealable 5
gallon buckets from Honeyville.com, I keep my bulk buckwheat and pin
oats in them... they cost $5 each and they charge $5 shipping no
matter how large an order. The thing I neglected to mention is that
unless you have a walk in cooler make sure the size container fits in
your fridge... and you really need a separate fridge for keeping
fermented pickles. I don't think it pays to make your own cooked
style pickles, you can buy better ones for less money and no work from
any stupidmarket... the 1 gallon jars they come in are worth more than
the pickles inside. In fact that's how I got some of my 1 gallon wide
mouth glass jars, I bought a case of six at $2.99 each and the pickles
were so awful I tossed them out, I really just wanted the jars... I
don't know how anyone can enjoy those limp vinegary pickles, not after
eating the real deal... fermented pickles are cured in salt brine, no
vinegar, and they are *crisp*... and with flavor there is no
comparison... and in fact making fermented pickles tests ones mettle
moreso than winemaking... compared with curing pickles winemaking is
babyish, that's why there are so many vintners and so few pickling
operations. Anyone can learn to make excellent wine within a few
months, the learning curve for pickle curing is much longer. No wine
in a corked bottle is any better than cooked pickles off the
stupidmarket shelf... if you don't drink your wine (or beer for that
matter) from a wood barrel you haven't a clue how wine (or beer) is
supposed to taste, same with pickles. No bottled wine is any better
than boxed wine, that people poo poo boxed wine is pure psycho
babble... most folks taste with their wallet (figures, most guys keep
their wallet in their back pocket, right next to their asshole),
anyone who judges wine by price is a TIAD imbecile. Like cured
pickles wine is fermented too... packaged wine and packaged pickles
are exactly at the same level, the lowest rung of the ladder.

"Sheldon" > ha scritto nel messaggio

No bottled wine is any better
than boxed wine, that people poo poo boxed wine is pure psycho
babble...

Yet another reason not to drink with Sheldon.

Giusi wrote on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:11:06 +0200:
Sheldon" > ha scritto nel messaggio


> No bottled wine is any better
> than boxed wine, that people poo poo boxed wine is pure psycho
> babble...
>Yet another reason not to drink with Sheldon.

I watch other's quotes to see if should change my rules and you confirm
my decision to plonk Sheldon. I have to admit that the 3 liter boxed
wines from CA and OZ are on a level with house wines in Europe and
sometimes are considerably better. That does not apply to the larger
5-liter boxes from places like Almaden, IMHO.




--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

Amazing, I never saw them. Maybe because I wasn't looking for them.

I also planted a lot of tomatoes. Each time there was another report
about salmonella I bought another plant or 6. So, I will probably get
into jarring the tomatoes if I can't give them to family and friends
and I run out of freezer room, where the tomato sauce goes.

I bought a Ronco food dehydrator and I am sure that was a mistake.
When I heard you can make sun dried tomatoes with it and I figured I
could dry all my basil, mint and sage it felt like it was worth the
risk. Plus it came with a crappy mandolin.

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:30:10 -0700, "Dimitri" >
wrote:

>
>"Alan" > wrote in message
.. .
>> Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? I want to make
>> Kosher garlic pickles. I don't know if it is OK to use plastic and
>> maybe that is something that none of us really know. So, maybe glass
>> jars are the best. Any ideas?
>>
>> Alan
>
>Any grocery store.
>
>
>Ball Jars.

We have all those stores here on Long Island, so I'll try them and
maybe Bed Bath and Beyond

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:22:25 -0400, "Kswck" >
wrote:

>
>"Alan" > wrote in message
.. .
>> Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? I want to make
>> Kosher garlic pickles. I don't know if it is OK to use plastic and
>> maybe that is something that none of us really know. So, maybe glass
>> jars are the best. Any ideas?
>>
>> Alan
>
>Ball Jars are perfect for that. Some stupidmarkets sell them. Also WallMart,
>Target, K Mart, Sears, etc.
>

Yeah, but I need a very large jar because even the small cukes are
big, maybe too big.

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:44:08 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> wrote:

>Alan wrote:
>
>> Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? I want to make
>> Kosher garlic pickles. I don't know if it is OK to use plastic and
>> maybe that is something that none of us really know. So, maybe glass
>> jars are the best. Any ideas?
>
>I dunno about yours, but my usual mainstream supermarket chain has glass
>jars and lids for canning.

Sheldon,

I didn't know they were never sealed. My grandmother sealed them and
they were real garlic kosher pickles. We buy them at a very Jewish
oriented Shoprite in Plainview (Long Island) and they are real and are
not made with dill. They must take a lot longer if not sealed and I
bet use a lot more salt.

Alan

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:53:06 -0700 (PDT), Sheldon >
wrote:

>On Jul 19, 2:44?pm, Blinky the Shark > wrote:
>> Alan wrote:
>> > Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? ?I want to make
>> > Kosher garlic pickles. ?I don't know if it is OK to use plastic and
>> > maybe that is something that none of us really know. ?So, maybe glass
>> > jars are the best. ?Any ideas?
>>
>> I dunno about yours, but my usual mainstream supermarket chain has glass
>> jars and lids for canning.
>
>
>Real kosher pickles are not canned... in fact the container is never
>sealed... real kosher pickles are a living thing, they're fermented,
>and eventually refrigerated. The so called kosher pickles in sealed
>jars on the market shelf are poor imposters/fakes/not even close.
>
>Amazing, none of yoose ever ate a real kosher pickle.

I will look for fermented, thanks.

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:44:44 -0700 (PDT), Sheldon >
wrote:

>Alan wrote:
>> Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? ?I want to make
>> Kosher garlic pickles. ?I don't know if it is OK to use plastic and
>> maybe that is something that none of us really know. ?So, maybe glass
>> jars are the best. ?Any ideas?
>
>For kosher garlic pickles canning jars are the absolute worst of all
>possible choces... they're too small, the opening is too small, and
>typically have metal parts.
>
>What you want are earthenware glazed crocks, the 2 gallon size is good
>for beginners. You can also use 1 gallon wide mouth screw lid glass
>jars, the type you find in the stupidmarket filled with cooked
>pickles, but will need to encase the metal lid in many layers of
>plastic wrap. You can also use 5 gallon food safe plastic pails, they
>look like contractors pails but make sure yours are new food safe
>buckets... sometimes your local deli will give you a few.
>
>Search the net for <FERMENTED pickle recipes>.
>
>
>
>

Maybe it would be a good idea to invest in Sour Pickle Futures that
could someday replace wine as that conspicuous gourmet purchase. I
doubt a jar of pickles would ever sell for $100,000 but there is no
wine that's worth that kind of money either.

However, there could be a market for gormet pickles as a gift item. A
friend of mine did it with brownies and it worked out very well for
her.

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:32:08 -0700 (PDT), Sheldon >
wrote:

>On Jul 20, 7:15?am, "Kswck" > wrote:
>> "Sheldon" > wrote in message
>>
>> ...
>>
>> Alan wrote:
>> > Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? ?I want to make
>> > Kosher garlic pickles. ?I don't know if it is OK to use plastic and
>> > maybe that is something that none of us really know. ?So, maybe glass
>> > jars are the best. ?Any ideas?
>>
>> For kosher garlic pickles canning jars are the absolute worst of all
>> possible choces... they're too small, the opening is too small, and
>> typically have metal parts.
>>
>> What you want are earthenware glazed crocks, the 2 gallon size is good
>> for beginners. ?You can also use 1 gallon wide mouth screw lid glass
>> jars, the type you find in the stupidmarket filled with cooked
>> pickles, but will need to encase the metal lid in many layers of
>> plastic wrap. ?You can also use 5 gallon food safe plastic pails, they
>> look like contractors pails but make sure yours are new food safe
>> buckets... sometimes your local deli will give you a few.
>>
>> Search the net for <FERMENTED pickle recipes>.
>>
>> If there is a restaurant supply store near you, you can get large
>> food safe plastic pails as well.
>
>There are sources on the net too, I bought a couple of resealable 5
>gallon buckets from Honeyville.com, I keep my bulk buckwheat and pin
>oats in them... they cost $5 each and they charge $5 shipping no
>matter how large an order. The thing I neglected to mention is that
>unless you have a walk in cooler make sure the size container fits in
>your fridge... and you really need a separate fridge for keeping
>fermented pickles. I don't think it pays to make your own cooked
>style pickles, you can buy better ones for less money and no work from
>any stupidmarket... the 1 gallon jars they come in are worth more than
>the pickles inside. In fact that's how I got some of my 1 gallon wide
>mouth glass jars, I bought a case of six at $2.99 each and the pickles
>were so awful I tossed them out, I really just wanted the jars... I
>don't know how anyone can enjoy those limp vinegary pickles, not after
>eating the real deal... fermented pickles are cured in salt brine, no
>vinegar, and they are *crisp*... and with flavor there is no
>comparison... and in fact making fermented pickles tests ones mettle
>moreso than winemaking... compared with curing pickles winemaking is
>babyish, that's why there are so many vintners and so few pickling
>operations. Anyone can learn to make excellent wine within a few
>months, the learning curve for pickle curing is much longer. No wine
>in a corked bottle is any better than cooked pickles off the
>stupidmarket shelf... if you don't drink your wine (or beer for that
>matter) from a wood barrel you haven't a clue how wine (or beer) is
>supposed to taste, same with pickles. No bottled wine is any better
>than boxed wine, that people poo poo boxed wine is pure psycho
>babble... most folks taste with their wallet (figures, most guys keep
>their wallet in their back pocket, right next to their asshole),
>anyone who judges wine by price is a TIAD imbecile. Like cured
>pickles wine is fermented too... packaged wine and packaged pickles
>are exactly at the same level, the lowest rung of the ladder.

Thanks Barb and I'll see you at preserving.

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:39:05 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>In article >,
> Alan > wrote:
>
>> Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? I want to make
>> Kosher garlic pickles.
>
>What does that mean? Fermented? You can do that in a food grade
>plastic bucket or container.
>
>Canning jars are made (OK, carry the labels of) Kerr, Ball, Golden
>Harvest in the USA, Bernardin in Canadia. Walmart has Kerr. Fleet
>Farm has Kerr. Kmart likely has them, too. As might your local thrift
>shop. If the thrift shop wants more than 50 cents for each jar and it
>doesn't have a screw band, move on and buy new that will already have a
>new band and lid.
>
>> I don't know if it is OK to use plastic and
>> maybe that is something that none of us really know. So, maybe glass
>> jars are the best. Any ideas?
>>
>> Alan
>
>rec.food.preserving is the place for your question, Alan. Nice people.
>Knowledgeable. ON topic.
>
>Also check out www.uga.edu/nchfp (the Nat'l Ctr for Home Food
>Preservation.)

Alan Calan wrote:
> Amazing, I never saw them. Maybe because I wasn't looking for them.

Even my grocery store carries them, I notice them once in a
blue moon. You do have to look, they are up high, in an
aisle you wouldn't think to see them, whatever. You might
want to save yourself trouble and just ask.

I've seen them at Lowes/Home Depot, too.

nancy

Alan Calan > wrote in
:

> So, I will probably get
> into jarring the tomatoes

Look into freezing whole tomatoes...way less work.

--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

Nancy Young" wrote:
> Alan Calan wrote:
> > Amazing, I never saw them. �Maybe because I wasn't looking for them.
>
> Even my grocery store carries them, I notice them once in a
> blue moon. �You do have to look, they are up high, in an
> aisle you wouldn't think to see them, whatever. �You might
> want to save yourself trouble and just ask.
>
> I've seen them at Lowes/Home Depot, too.
>
> nancy

Yes, most stupidmarkets sell canning jars and other canning products
and equipment. But canning jars are not always noticeable because
typically they're sold by the case, so all that'll be apparent is a
stack of ordinary looking brown corrogated cartons (canning jars are
delivered in a plain brown wrapper like porn, and the UPS guy),
usually stacked in some obscure location like as you say up in the
attic (I've seen them on the very lowest shelf in like the cleaning
products or automotive aisle). In many stores they're considered a
seasonal item, only stocked for like two months during crop harvest
time... if you don't get yours early the variety goes way down real
fast because there's only that one shipment... stores don't like to
stock canning jars all year because hardly anyone buys them during
most of the year and they're a bulky and fragile item to stock.

But no one needs canning jars for fermented pickles. It's best to
ferment pickles at home in large crocks (commercially large wooden
barrels were used but nowadays they use plastic, not the same taste).
The brine will extract a great deal of the water during the
fermentation period so the pickles will shrink substantially... no
refrigersation is used during that time so use the largest crocks you
can find. Then when they've reached the state you desire (hafl sour -
full sour) they should be packed into manageable sized wide mouth
glass jars, a size jar that will fit comfortably in your fridge. If
you do the initial fermentation in the jars they will only be like
half full after curing, there'll be mostly brine and not much pickle.
Also, for fermented pickles you really need a second fridge,
especially with garlic pickles. And for fermented pickles you pretty
much need to grow your own pickling cukes (kirbys), it's near
impossible to find fresh picked, undamaged cukes in the proper size
otherwise, even farm stands don't have them, and you can't pickle
waxed cukes. You can also pickle other vegetables by the fermentation
process; green tomatoes, cauliflower, and carrot chunks are
execellent... and of course your equipment investment does double duty
when cabbage is harvested in spring (St Paddy's day) for making great
kraut (do not use old storeage cabbage).

On Jul 19, 10:49*am, Alan > wrote:
> Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? *I want to make
> Kosher garlic pickles. *I don't know if it is OK to use plastic and
> maybe that is something that none of us really know. *So, maybe glass
> jars are the best. *Any ideas?
>
> Alan

In our supermarkets, they usually are up top in the vinegar aisle, so
to speak.

They also can be found at hardware stores, Wal-Mart, Menards, K-Mart
and a bunch of other stores.

N.

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:11:06 +0200, "Giusi" >
wrote:

>"Sheldon" > ha scritto nel messaggio
>
> No bottled wine is any better
>than boxed wine, that people poo poo boxed wine is pure psycho
>babble...
>
>Yet another reason not to drink with Sheldon.
>

he's a man of many clouded facets.

your pal,
blake
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On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:32:49 -0400, Alan Calan >
wrote:

>We have all those stores here on Long Island, so I'll try them and
>maybe Bed Bath and Beyond
>

any hardware store should have them as well.

your pal,
blake

>On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:22:25 -0400, "Kswck" >
>wrote:
>
>>
>>"Alan" > wrote in message
. ..
>>> Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? I want to make
>>> Kosher garlic pickles. I don't know if it is OK to use plastic and
>>> maybe that is something that none of us really know. So, maybe glass
>>> jars are the best. Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Alan
>>
>>Ball Jars are perfect for that. Some stupidmarkets sell them. Also WallMart,
>>Target, K Mart, Sears, etc.
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On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:49:29 -0400, Alan >
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:Anyone know where to get jars for pickling cucumbers? I want to make
:Kosher garlic pickles. I don't know if it is OK to use plastic and
:maybe that is something that none of us really know. So, maybe glass
:jars are the best. Any ideas?
:
:Alan

I found ( ! ) a packet of cucumber seeds one year and that began my
adventure into making dill pickles from scratch. First, of course, I had
to grow cucumbers. I planted a mound in accordance with instructions on
the package and some vege growing books I had (at the time, Sunset), and
get a bumper crop. I had massive amounts of beautiful cukes.

I did some research and found some info on making your own kosher dill
pickles. The biggest secret is using enough salt. If you don't use
enough salt they won't keep very long. This was in the late 1970's and
believe it or not I still have one jar left. However, I'm afraid to open
it because what I see inside looks pretty awful now.

I already had a couple of cases of quart Ball jars, narrow mouth, and so
that's what I used. The process of pickling couldn't have been simpler.
Wash the cukes and shove them into the jars. If they were too big, cut
them lengthwise so they would fit. Put the pickling spices into the jars
and fill with boiled water in which the salt had been dissolved. Twist
on the covers and done! I enjoyed wonderful dill pickles for years. I
also made plum wine one year. Originally I used the jars for plum
conserve, and eventually I ate all that although I wasn't terribly fond
of it. The one use that I had for it was putting it in cole slaw. It was
good in that.

Dan