Fresh Cucumber Pickles {A.K.A. Fridge Pickles}

Enjoy summer's bounty of fresh garden cucumbers amongst these easy, no ready Fresh Cucumber Pickles ... made inwards the fridge amongst merely cucumbers, vinegar, a handful of spices, together with a duo of days chilling time.
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Fresh garden attain fourth dimension is inwards total swing hither inwards the Carolinas.  And I'm lovin' the bounty I'm scoring from friends' together with household unit of measurement member's gardens!

The other hateful solar daytime I came domicile from my parents' solid amongst close 2 pounds of freshly-picked light-green beans, roughly summertime squash, all kinds of fresh herbs, together with ... 1 of my absolute favorites ... freshly picked garden cucumbers.  I was inwards fresh attain heaven.

These pickles are made super easily inwards the refrigerator.  With merely cucumbers, a flake of apple tree cider vinegar, roughly spices, together with a duo of days of chillin' time.

So I whipped out 1 of our family-favorite ways to bask fresh garden cucumbers ...
... this fresh cucumber pickles recipes.

These pickles are made super easily inwards the refrigerator.  With merely cucumbers, a flake of apple tree cider vinegar, roughly spices, together with a duo of days of chillin' time.

I learned this fridge pickle method from my sister-in-law, Cheryl.  She makes these all the fourth dimension for summertime get-togethers.  And now, later learning from her, I brand them all the time, too.

Pretty much whatever fourth dimension I tin forcefulness out acquire my hands on a bunch of garden-fresh cucumbers.

What I adore close these fridge pickles is they're together with hence uncomplicated to make.

Just firstly past times cutting roughly pocket-size pickling {or Kirby} cucumbers into spears together with packing them vertically into a jar.  Pack them inwards at that spot pretty tight, filling that jolt correct up.

I intend every adult woman inwards our household unit of measurement has an onetime pickle jolt stashed somewhere inwards her cupboards for making these fresh cucumber pickles.

Pretty much whatever jolt volition work.  It tin forcefulness out move a cute piddling jolt (like these cute jars available on amazon.com )... or an onetime saved pickle jar.

I intend every adult woman inwards our household unit of measurement has an onetime pickle jolt stashed somewhere inwards her cupboards for making these fresh cucumber pickles.  I decided to role a cute jar here, since I was sharing photos amongst all of you.  But I unremarkably merely role an onetime pickle jar.

Whatever jolt you lot choose, pack that jolt tight amongst cukes.

Next, fill upwards the jolt upwards to merely past times the halfway indicate amongst apple cider vinegar.  About similar this ...

Then fill upwards the residue of the jolt amongst water, upwards to the exceed of the cukes.

Then stair out out spices together with charge them correct on exceed of the cukes.

Finally, closed the jolt together with give everything a skillful shake, shake, milk tremble to acquire it all mixed up.

The spices volition distribute throughout the liquid inwards the jar, getting ready to exercise their chore of seasoning the cucumbers.  If the spices appear to move stuck at the exceed of the jar, merely give the jolt roughly other milk tremble or 2 to deed them around.

And that's it!  That's all it takes to laid upwards these fresh pickles.

Stick the jolt inwards the fridge for at to the lowest degree close 2 days to allow the vinegar together with spices exercise their thing.

Oh, together with here's the regular onetime pickle jolt I proceed on manus for making these.  Same procedure ... unlike jar.

After the cukes conduct keep had their fridge chilling fourth dimension ... poof! ... You've got Fresh Cucumber Pickles.

Now isn't that an slowly means to bask summer's bounty of fresh garden-picked cucumbers?  I certain intend so!  And it's a darn tasty way, too.

Thank you lot for stopping past times .  We'd dearest to conduct keep you lot dorsum soon!

Fresh Cucumber Pickles {a.k.a. Refrigerator Pickles}

Source:  A household unit of measurement classic from my sister-in-law

(Printable recipe)

Ingredients

• small pickling or Kirby cucumbers unpeeled, ends trimmed, & cutting into spears
• apple tree cider vinegar
• water

Approximately:  {adjust spices to personal taste}

• 1 1/2 T. dried minced onion
• 1/4 tsp. crushed ruby-red pepper
• 1/2 tsp. dill seed
• 1/2 tsp. dried dill weed
• 1/4 tsp. celery seed
• 1/2 tsp. salt

Directions
Place inwards a large jar:

1. Cucumber spears placed inwards vertically to fill upwards the jolt tight
2. Apple cider vinegar fill upwards to a piddling over 1/2-way upwards the jolt
3. Water fill upwards to the exceed of the cucumbers, leaving a piddling flake of infinite at the exceed for the spices
4. Spices sprinkle on the top

Place the lid on the jolt together with milk tremble it up, mixing the spices into the vinegar mixture. Put inwards the fridge for at to the lowest degree 2 days earlier eating.  Can move stored inwards the fridge for close a calendar week {after that, the spices acquire also potent inwards the cucumbers!}.

Enjoy!

Please bask these other delicious garden-fresh summertime vegetable dishes from ...

Easy Oven-Roasted Summer Vegetables

Parmesan Broiled Tomatoes

Spicy Pickled Okra

Fritter-Fried Okra

Feta-Stuffed Tomatoes

Stewed Zucchini & Summer Squash

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