Recipes and Stuff: Pickles, Pickles and more Pickles

I was in Aldi's the other day and they had the most gorgeous cucumbers for 23 cents a piece. So I thought wow! Pickles! I bought 10 of them and was really pleased with myself knowing I had Ball pickling spices at home and some big jars. I knew I was just about out of the Bread and Butter pickles I had made last fall from my own grown cucumbers. You may be able to get store bought ones on sale for like two for $5.00 but believe me they are not as good as making your own. I never liked the store's bread and butter pickles so I thought they were all that way. Well I was wrong. When I made my own I couldn't stop eating them! I didn't realize how different homemade was!

So in getting home I prepared my work space and washed the jars in hot soapy water and washed my cucumbers up nice. I decided to make dill and some bread and butter both. I had a gallon jar and a half gallon jar. I cut the dill ones with a ripple and the bread and butter with a straight knife. I like cold pack over processing them. Being winter I have them in the cold garage. I also add a teaspoon or more of citric acid to the mix to preserve the flavor. I followed the directions on the mix.