How To Make Pickles

These sliced cucumber pickles are made with a sweet and sour vinegar brine.

How to make pickles. Although the recipe is much older the story about the origin of the name dates back to the 1920s when omar and cora fanning trademarked fanning s bread and butter pickles. Fill them to within inch of the top seat the lid and hand tighten the ring around them. Bring to a boil stir until salt is dissolved and remove from heat and let cool slightly. Step 8 boil the jars in the canner put them in the canner and keep them covered with at least 1 inch of water. Cook this mixture on a stovetop until the sugar dissolves into the mixture.

To make pickles you ll need a basic brine a mixture of vinegar sugar and salt dissolved in water whose overall flavor can be tweaked with spices like whole black peppercorns red pepper flakes dill seed mustard seed or garlic cloves and aromatic herbs like fresh dill springs of thyme or bay leaf. To make pickling liquid simply mix together two cups of sugar one cup of white vinegar and 2 tablespoon 29 6 ml. Pack the raw cucumbers from step 3 whole or slices in and pour the simmering pickle mix liquid over them.