Nana Recipe Wednesday–Bread ‘n Butter Pickles

Here’s the Singleton family, on summer vacation.   The girls look so cute, but what happened to the dudes?

I’m overrun with cucumbers, so I decided it was time to make some pickles.  And why not make some of Nana’s pickles?  Nana had a million recipes for pickles.  Dill pickles, kosher dills, garlic dills, sweet pickles, half sours.  But what I think what we’ll make today are bread and butter pickles.

First, scrub and slice 6 lbs cucumbers.

It really looks like a lot of cucumber.

Slice 2 lbs onions and then soak the cucumbers and onions in a solution of salt water and ice.  Let soak for 3 hours.

When the cukes are done soaking, drain them and get the brine going.

To 3 pints white vinegar, add 3 lbs sugar.

Add celery seed, mustard seed, pickling spice and whole turmeric.  I don’t know if you noticed here, but I didn’t have and couldn’t find whole turmeric so I used ground.

Bring the liquid to a boil and let boil for one minute.  Add the cucumbers and onions and bring back to a boil–boil for 3 minutes.

When done, put pickles in jars and process for 10 minutes.

I love the yellowish tinge they get from the turmeric.  Sweet and tangy pickely goodness!

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Nana’s Bread ‘n Butter Pickles

2 lbs onions, sliced

6 lbs cucumbers, scrubbed and sliced

1 cup kosher salt

3 pints white vinegar

3 lbs white sugar

1 Tbsp celery seed

1 Tbsp mustard seed

1/2 can pickling spice (I used 1/2 the larger plastic Schilling bottle–I don’t think they make it in the old cans anymore)

1 Tbsp whole turmeric (I used ground, it was all I could find)

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Soak onions and cucumbers in 9 cups cold water with the salt.  Add ice and let soak at least 3 hours.  Drain.

Bring the vinegar, sugar and spices to a boil and let boil for one minute.  Add the cucumbers and onions and bring back to a boil.  Boil for 3 minutes.

Add hot pickles to jars, leaving 1 cm headroom.  Process for 10 minutes.

Makes 3-4 quarts pickles.

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