Homemade Dill Pickles Great Grandmas Canning Food

HOW TO MAKE MUSTARD PICKLES - GREAT-GRANDMA'S RECIPE

Steps:

• Place cucumbers and onions in a large stainless steel or glass bowl.
• Mix 1 cup of pickling/canning salt with 8 cups of cold water (double this as needed if doing a larger batch of pickles). Pour over top of cucumbers and onions, add more cold water if necessary to cover the tops of the cucumbers. Use a clean plate and place on top of the cucumbers to keep them under the surface of the ice salt water.
• Fill a pint sized Mason jar with water (use a lid) and set it on top of the plate to act as a weight. Let soak for 1 to 2 hours on the counter or put the bowl in the fridge overnight or for 12 hours.
• After soaking cucumbers and onions, pour out salt water and rinse thoroughly with cold water and allow cucumbers to drain.
• Prepare water bath canner and begin warming the water.
• In a large stainless steel pot, combine sugar, dry mustard and turmeric, celery salt, and ClearJel®, then pour in a ½ cup of water, whisking until combined and smooth. Pour in vinegar and bring to a full boil while stirring.
• Once it's reached a full boil, lower heat to a simmer and stir until it thickens up, then add the cucumbers and the onions and bring to a boil. When it reaches a boil with the vegetables added, keep at a low boil and cook for 5 minutes, stir as needed.
• In jars just washed in hot soapy water and rinsed, pack the relish/pickle mixture to a ½ inch headspace. Remove air bubbles and add more product if needed to keep the ½ inch headspace. Clean the rim, put on lid and bands, and screw down to finger tip tight. Place filled jar into your water bath canner. Make sure at least 1 inch of water covers the top of the jars.
• Bring water to a full boil, once water is boiling, process pints for 10 minutes.
• Turn off heat, remove lid, and let jars sit in canner for 5 minutes. Then remove from canner and let cool and seal on a folded towel.

BLUE RIBBON DILL PICKLES

Steps:

• GET ALL OF THIS GOING BEFORE FILLING THE JARS.
• Wash 7 quart jars in hot, soapy water (or dishwasher), rinse and fill with hot water; set aside.
• Fill canning kettle half-full with hottest tap water; set on burner over high heat.
• In a medium saucepan, fit lids and rings together, cover with water, bring to a simmer.
• In a large saucepan, bring water, vinegar and salt to boil; turn off the heat; set aside.
• FILL JARS: place a layer of dill at the bottom of each jar, along with one garlic clove (if used), then TIGHTLY load the cukes into the jar to the NECK of the jar (depending on size you may get two nice layers with a few small cukes in the top--)---squeeze cukes into the jar tightly--uniform size helps; add a few TINY spriglets of dill at the top, too, and another garlic clove if desired.
• Once jars are loaded, pour in the brine leaving half-inch head space in each jar.
• Add lid and ring to each jar, tightening evenly.
• Place jars into canner with water JUST to the necks of the jars.
• Bring water ALMOST to a boil (about 15 minutes--depending on how fast it heats up).
• Remove jars, set on a dish towel on the kitchen counter, cover with another dish towel & let cool.
• Check for seal (indented lid), label jars or lids, store in cool dark cellar or cupboard.
• NOTES: When washing/scrubbing cukes, sort them into piles by size. This really helps make your jars look nicer, if you have uniform sizes (and this impresses the judges too!). And makes for easier packing, too.

GRANDMA'S DILL PICKLE RECIPE

Steps:

• Sterilize your preserving jars with either boiling water or by placing them in an oven at 130°C/265°F for thirty minutes. Whatever your method of sterilization, allow the jars to cool before packing them with your ingredients. While they're cooling, take your jar's lids and place them in bowl of boiling hot water. Leave them there until you need to fit them onto the jars.
• Wash your gherkins and start packing them into your jars. If they're small, pop them in whole but if medium to large cut them into slices. This helps to get more into the jar and also for easier serving once the jar is opened. For each quart of pickles you'll add half a teaspoon of black peppercorns, two whole garlic cloves and plenty of dill.
• Make the brine: for approximately every four quarts of tightly packed gherkins you'll need to bring two quarts of water and one quart of white vinegar to a boil. Add 1/2 cup of salt and stir until dissolved. Let this cool until just warm and then pour it into each of the jars, filling to a centimeter (just less than 1/2") below the top of the jar's brim.
• Clean the tops of the jars then fit on your preserving lids and screw the rings on. Most every preserving recipe will tell you to not over-tighten the rings but in my experience I've found that it's best to twist them on fully but not super tight. If they're too loose then the contents of your jars can leak out in the water bath.
• Place a metal preserving rack or towel at the bottom of a deep preserving pan and then place the jars inside. The jars should be at least an inch apart and the pan needs to be deep enough to have the jars inside with over an inch of water comfortably covering the tops.
• Cover the jars with warm/hot water from the tap then bring the pan to a boil. Boil the jars for fifteen minutes then lift them out of the water. If you're using a towel at the bottom of the pan then you'll need a 'jar lifter' tool available at many kitchen shops. Set the jars on the counter and allow to cool. You'll know that the jars are properly sealed when you hear the lids popping.
• Allow the pickles to infuse with the brine for at least two weeks before eating them. Stored in jars in a cool pantry your pickles will last up to a year, though I doubt you'll be able to let them sit there that long.

GRANDMA'S DILL PICKLES

Steps:

• In a stockpot, bring water, vinegar and salt to a boil; boil 10 minutes. Pack cucumbers into nine hot quart jars within 1/2 in. of top. Place one dill head, two garlic cloves and two peppers in each jar. , Carefully ladle hot mixture into jars, leaving 1/2-in. headspace. . Remove air bubbles and adjust headspace, if necessary, by adding hot mixture. Wipe rims. Center lids on jars; screw on bands until fingertip tight. , Place jars into canner with simmering water, ensuring that they are completely covered with water. Bring to a boil; process for 15 minutes. Remove jars and cool.

HOMEMADE DILL PICKLES: GREAT GRANDMA'S CANNING RECIPE

Steps:

• Prepare for the canning process by sterilizing the jars and washing the baby cucumbers
• Bring 1 quart vinegar, 1 quart water, 1/2 cup salt and 3/4 cup sugar to a boil in a large stock pot
• In a fry pan, add about 1-2 cups of water and 8-10 canning lids (separated out around in the pan) over medium-high heat to ready the sealing ring
• While the brine is coming to a boil, begin filling the jars by placing 1 slice onion, 1/2 clove garlic and 3-4 stems of dill weed on the bottom of each jar
• Pack the baby cucumbers into the jar upright so they are tight and no more cucumbers can fit, then put two smaller ones horizontally on the top if they'll fit
• Top again with 1 slice onion, 1/2 clove garlic and 3-4 stems of dill weed. Place the packed jar near to where the brine is coming to a boil
• Continue packing the jars until the brine has been at a rolling boil for 5 minutes and lids in the fry pan are hot
• Once boiling, fill a large 4 cup measuring cup with a pour spout with the brine. Fill a jar with the brine so that the liquid is covering the onion, dill and garlic on top. Remove a lid from the fry pan, wet your finger (with the brine in the jar or a separate nearby bowl of water) and trace around the rim of the glass canning jar. Place the lid on, and then screw on the metal ring as tight as you can
• Set the jar aside and repeat
• When your first brine is gone, repeat boiling process by adding another 1 quart vinegar, 1 quart water, 1/2 cup salt and 3/4 cup sugar to your stock pot. You will do this 6 times for 40 jars
• Once finished, let the cans sit where they are without moving them or messing with them
• Within an hour and through overnight, you will hear them start to "pop", which means they have sealed completely
• The following day, you may need to reseal some if a few of them didn't seal. To do this, run your finger over the top of each jar, and if there is no bump it has sealed
• If there is a bump, you will need open the jars that didn't seal and pour the brine from the unsealed jars back into a stock pot to bring to a rolling boil for 5 minutes. You will need to use new sealing lids and heat those in the fry pan (repeating the process of the day before). Once they're hot and the brine is boiling, pour the liquid back into the jars, wet the rim of the jar and place a new lid onto the top. Place the metal ring on and tighten as much as you can. Set them aside and wait for them to "pop" to ensure they have sealed
• Once all of your jars are sealed, move them to a cool location like a pantry or storage room and let them sit for 6 weeks before opening and eating
• Enjoy throughout the year!

GREAT GRANDMA'S BREAD AND BUTTER PICKLES

Steps:

• First layer cucumbers and onions and sprinkle with salt, then pour on ice water.
• Let stand atleast 2 hours and drain well.
• Mix remaining ingredients and bring to a boil.
• Drop in cucumbers and onions, cook until almost transparent - about 5 minutes hard boiling.
• Place hot mixture into sterilized jars, place lids and allow to cool.

GRANDMA'S DO-OVER PICKLES (AKA SWEET DILL PICKLES)

Steps:

• Drain all existing juice from pickles, cut pickles in chunks & return to jar after washing jar in hot water. Boil the sugar & vinegar until sugar dissolves & liquid is clear.
• Pour juice over pickles, put lid on & let the pickles set for a while, the lid should "pop" (the lid should seal just like regular canning). Jar should be hot when you refill with the hot liquid.
• After the jar cools store in refrigerator - give it a few days and then enjoy @ your leisure.

GRANDMA'S DILL PICKLES

Steps:

• Wash cucumbers using cloth and cold water.
• Drain, Place in large crock or pot.
• Mix 1 1/2 cups salt and 32 cups water to make 5% brine. If you need to, mix more in same proportions to cover cucumbers.
• Poor brine over cucumbers and let stand 24hrs, then drain.
• Wash and sterilize jars and lids. Keep jars in boiling hot water untill ready to use. Keep lids with seals in simmering (NOT BOILING)water untill ready to use.
• Combine Vinegar, 3/4 cups salt, sugar, and 9 cups water.
• Tie mixed pickeling spices in cheese cloth and add to vinegar, sugar, salt and water.
• Heat to boiling then discard cheese cloth.
• Pack cucumbers in clean HOT jars.
• Add 2 teaspoons mustard seed, alum, 1-2 garlic cloves, 3 heads dill or 1 tabelspoon dill seed to each jar.
• Cover with boiling water, filling jars 1/2" from top.
• Put seals and lids on, process in a canner. If you don't have a canner, you can cover the jars with BOILING water and place in your oven at 200F for about 20 minutes. The jars and liquid need to be hot in order for it to seal.