spicy pickles

[pike]

anyone have a good recipe for canning pickles?
The spicier the better. No sweet pickles Yuck!!!

pike

 

[pulque]

Get some of those dried, long, red Chinese peppers and garlic and put in the jar with the cukes, then pour boiling vinegar and salt mixture over them; then seal.

 

[DoobieWah]

I make fridge pickles with dried habaneros.

They're ... "spicy".

 

[stina]

Doobie,

How do you make "fridge" pickles? I don't think I've ever heard that term before.

 

[pike]

i never thought about those long chinese peppers. i dont want to kill anyone just heat them up a bit.

Pike

 

[pulque]

Don't worry, you won't commit homicide, just real spicy pickles.. They are very good!

 

[DoobieWah]

Stina,

Here's a post I made from January, 2007:

"I make "refrigerator" pickles all of the time and in fact, have some in there now.

These aren't "real" pickles in that they are in no way suitable for long term storage but will keep a week or two easily.

Thoroughly wash 3 -4 small Cukes and using a fork, score each of the three flat sides by dragging the fork from end to end.

Slice 'em thin and throw 'em in a container that will hold them all and to that add:

1/4 Onion sliced thin
1 Tbs Sea Salt
6 - 10 Whole Peppercorns
2 dried Habanero Peppers, (I grow and dry my own)
2 - 3 Whole or Halved Cloves of Garlic

Fill the container, (I usually use a mason jar), halfway with white or cider vinegar and to the top with water. Cover and shake well and refrigerate for three or four days and then enjoy.

These are pretty hot. You can also use regular dried chiles, (cayennes or Thais for instance). You can add a teaspoon or two of dried dill leaves, etc.

I serve 'em with almost everything."



Again, these are NOT to be "put up" in the pantry, but they keep in the fridge pretty well.

This recipe is adapted from my mom who peeled her cukes. We often had them on the table when I was growing up. If the liquid starts "clouding", throw them out.

 

[Orange Salad Ranch]

Doobie - Can you clarify two things for me as I'm slow on the uptake? 1)How do you score a cucumber on the 3 flat sides as a cucumber is cylindrical? What am I missing? 2)When you slice the cucumbers are you cutting them like a pickle spear are more like a green bean?

Thanks - I like trying new stuff and the pickles sound good.

 

[stina]

Doobie,

That sounds like the perfect way to deal with a garden just big enough to have a few too many cukes during their peak but not enough to really can. Thanks!

 

[DoobieWah]

A "pickling cucumber", which is a small cuke, is a rounded triangle when viewed from either end. The process of scoring it end to end just makes it look more interesting. It's not really substantive to the process. Ask your local green grocer for pickling cukes and you'll see what I mean.

I slice them across like say hamburger pickles, (that is, into thin rounds).

I'll try to remember to bring my camera home from the office today as I have part of my last batch still in the fridge.

I take them to potlucks, picnics, etc and almost always someone asks me for the recipe.

 

[Orange Salad Ranch]

Thanks Doobie,

If I make some tonight do you think they'll be ready for Saturday? I'm always looking to add new stuff to the football rotation.

 

[DoobieWah]

As promised, here's a photo of my last batch which I made a month or so ago.

If you made them yesterday, (Thursday), I can't promise they'd be "perfect" by Sat, but I would definitely pull them out for your picnic on Monday, (Labor Day).

Hope it works for you.

 

[horn blooded]

Buy a big jar of good dill pickles. Remove a couple of pickles. Add a can of HOT sliced jalapenos to the jar. Close, refrigerate, and wait a week. Good stuff.