Kosher Dill Refrigerator Pickles
One of my favorite snacks to munch on our pickles. Making your own pickles could not be easier. When we lived on the farm we had an abundance of cucumbers, my wife made pickles a lot. We made many different varieties like sun pickles, probiotic pickles and sour pickles. The horseradish we grew in the garlic was a big part of pickle making.
Cucumbers are healthy too. Men need hydration just as much as the ladies do. Did you know that Cucumber’s have 96% water content which helps in keeping the body hydrated and regulating body temperature. It also helps in flushing out the toxins from the body.
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Ingredients
- Pickling Cucumbers or your garden variety.
- Vinegar
- Salt
- One tablespoon Mustard Seed
- Black Tea Bag
- One Tablespoon Peppercorns
- One Teaspoon Alum
- One Teaspoon Dried Mustard
- One Teaspoon Tumerac
- One Tablespoon Garlic
- One-Two Heads Fresh Dill
- Heaping Teaspoon Horseradish
- One tablespoon Chili Flakes
- All Purpose brine
- 2 Cups Vinegar
- 2Cups Water
- Two Tablespoons Pickling Salt
Instructions
- Cut your pickles in spears, or slices
- Make your Brine by adding liquids and salt, dissolve salt then cool
- Place in a bowl with ice water for a few hours
- The ingredients are the fun part, add more to your liking then follow a certain recipe till you get it the way you like it.
- Layer your ingredients into a quart or pint jar. You can use any sort of jar because these go in the fridge. I save all my mayonnaise jars so I can give these to the kids.
- Pack in the cucumbers leaving a bit of head space at the top.
- Use a butter knife and dip it around the jar to let out any air bubbles.
- Cover with your lid and place on counter-top one day then into the fridge.
- I usually wait about three days before eating.
Those sound delicious. I have never made my own pickles before, but I would love to try them.
Yum! There’s nothing quite as delicious as a good dill pickle. Thanks for the great recipe!
I love pickles! But I’ve never tried making them myself, you made it look so easy!
Those sound good! I love pickles so much. Big juicy sour dills are my faves. I haven’t ever made any of my own though. What fun!
We eat so many pickles here in our house! I discovered how much I loved them teaching in France. I had no idea how simple it could be to make them though!
Oh cool, this would be fun to try out! I’ve never actually made pickles before!
Omg, yum!! I have to make these!! I love pickles and I love making anything pickled!
We add pickles on porridge. It’s great that you have an abundance of fresh cucumbers and you make them on your own for food.
I love pickles with a passion, I would love have my own; thanks for this idea!
I love pickled veggies! You can do it with papaya as well! Taste sooo good!
My mother-in-law loves making canned goods. I will be passing this along to her!
well - a fab post on pickles and how to! And, I didn’t know that about cucumbers - Maybe my hubby will eat more cucumbers now! Liked your great info
I never realized how easy it was to do this. I’ll have to give this a try sometime soon, thanks!
We love pickles. I learned to make them in microbiology class in college but I should really start making them again!
We are pickle fanatics in my house. I have to try making them. I bet everyone would love them.
OMG!! These sound fantastic!! My hubby is pickle obsessed… I need to send this to him
Michelle Varga (@dustbunniesblog) says
This is great! I’ve always been a huge fan of pickles and these remind me of the times I’d help my grandmother in the kitchen with he preserving.
It has been ages since I have had pickles. I love them, though! I just never tried making them myself. Maybe sometime!
My husband loves pickles. We’ve never tried making them though. But I would love to try making them.
hey, I’ve never made them before. What a cool idea. I love Dill Pickles.
Yummy! I love making homemade pickles. Last year we didn’t do any canning because the rain ruined most of our garden. The year before my aunt dropped off buckets full of pickles from a local farmer friend and we canned over 100 pickles. Sure was fun!
Pickles are my favorites! I could seriously eat a whole jar of this stuff! Would be awesome to make my own dill pickles!
Those look really good. I’ve never made pickles but this is something that I would love to try and make.
I haven’t made pickles…every! I LOVE them though. Maybe this is my year to start making them because your recipe looks so easy!