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How to Make Frugal Piccalilli – It’s Frugalilli!
With a mountain of cucumbers and a fridge full of vegetables needing used, what better way to try preserving some vitamins in a tasty snack than to get them pickled?
Simple recipe that I hope works and an overnight salt bath for the vegetables… read more
Cucumber pickle
ReplyDelete• Cucumbers, unpeeled and cut into thin slices
• 1 or 2 small onions, sliced and separated into rings
• 3 cups white sugar
• 2 cups white vinegar
• 1/4 cup pickling salt
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 teaspoon celery seed
• 1 teaspoon mustard seed
1. Fill an empty 1 gallon bucket with cucumber and onion slices.
2. Combine remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. Simmer for several minutes.
3. Pour over cucumbers and onions.
4. Stir and let cool.
5. Cover and store in refrigerator. (Will keep for months, if they last that long!)
6. They are ready to eat when they change colour.
This is one I use regularly, ideal with meat or cheese sandwiches.
I don't bother with the celery seed or mustard seed, just put it in jars.
Thanks for that, I'll add it into the forum for the others - does table salt or cooking salt substitute for pickling salt? As per the blog post, I already have pickled cucumbers but this is a handy recipe to have. :) No water used in this one at all?
DeleteI just use ordinary salt, no water.
DeleteThanks for that info. :)
DeleteI have made picallili to I use Delias recipe which is very similar to yours and everyone loves it, I do the cheffy chopping ......of course....................as i find you get more in the jar that way ;)
ReplyDeleteJust about to make mine up, will let you know how it turns out and how many jars I get. :)
DeleteLiverpool recipe
ReplyDelete675 cauliflower
450 small onions
350 french beans
1 teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon mustard powder
2 teaspoons cornflower
600 vinegar
Put turmeric, mustard, cornflower in a pan, pour in vinegar
Stir, boil for 10 mins
Add veg, simmer for 45 mins
Jar and seal
Thanks for that. I just hope I have simmered mine for long enough. Wouldn't like to wait a fortnight then find out it's runny.
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