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    Home » Recipes » Side dish

    Pickled Sorta Sour Cucumbers

    Published: Aug 21, 2009 · Modified: Jan 21, 2015 by Mike Vrobel · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

    My brother, Matt (the Doctor!) left these at our cottage this summer. I had a couple on a burger, and then fished a few out of the jar and ate them raw. Then I ate a few more. Then...well, long story short, by the time dinner was done, the pickles were all gone. And I was considering drinking some of the juice left in the jar.
    *Thanks, Matt!

    I received a bunch of pickling cucumbers from my CSA, and then I bought some more, to make a jumbo batch of pickles.  I put them in the crisper drawer in my refrigerator, and they sat.  I did all the other pickle recipes for Pickle Week first.  I found, much to my dismay, that cucumbers don't keep well.  By the time I got to them, all the pickles had turned bad. One batch was furry; the other was slimy. What I have since learned is cucumbers don't keep well; after 24 hours they start to deteriorate. Make your pickles as soon as you can!

    This recipe is based on one from my hero, Alton Brown.
    *Technically, it's from his evil twin brother, B.A.  On the "American Pickle" episode of Good Eats, Alton did a sweeter bread and butter style pickle, while B.A. did one very similar to this...

    Recipe: Pickled Sorta Sour Cucumbers

    Equipment:

    • A clean quart jar with a tight fitting lid (Canning jars or flip top gasket jars are the usual choices.)

    Ingredients:

    • 2 pickling cucumbers, about 5" long, sliced ¼" thick
    • 4 crushed cloves of garlic
    • ½ onion, sliced thin
    Pickling Liquid:
    • 1 cup water
    • 1 cup cider vinegar
    • 0.5 cups champagne vinegar (or more cider vinegar)
    • 0.5 cups sugar
    • 1.5 teaspoon table salt
    • 1 tablespoon mustard seeds
    • 1 tablespoon pickling spice
    • 1 tablespoon black peppercorns

    Directions:
    Click here for the basic technique of pickling vegetables.
    1. Prep the vegetables: Put the sliced cucumber, sliced onions, and crushed garlic in your jar.

    2. Make the pickling liquid: Combine the Pickling Liquid ingredients in a medium saucepan, and bring to a boil over high heat.  Reduce the heat, and simmer for 5 minutes to open up the flavor of the spices.

    3. Combine the liquid and the vegetables: Carefully pour the pickling liquid into the jar until the vegetables are covered.  (Optionally, pour pickling liquid through a fine mesh strainer first, to strain out the herbs and spices; your pickled vegetables will look less rustic that way.) *I pour the pickling liquid from my sauce pan into my Pyrex 2-Quart Measuring Cup, and from there into the jar.  The spout on the measuring cup makes this much less messy.

    4. Refrigerate: Let cool at room temperature, close the lid on the jar, and refrigerate. It's best to refrigerate for at least one day, and preferably one week. They will last, refrigerated, for up to 3 months.

    Jars of pickles, onions and garlic, ready for the pickling liquid

    Variations:
    *In his show, Alton also did a different version, B and B's. In it, he skipped the garlic, used half the spice amounts, and used 1.5 cups(!) of sugar. If you're looking for bread and butter style pickles, try this version instead.

    Notes:
    *My favorite site about Good Eats is the Good Eats Fan Page. They have every bit of information you could possibly want about Good Eats - including written transcripts of every episode!

    *Ideas for next time: I'm going to skip the champagne vinegar. Also, I want some garlic dill pickles - that's my next pickle adventure.

    Questions? Comments? Other ideas? Leave them in the comments section below.

    Related Posts:
    Click here for my Pickled Vegetables basic technique.


    Adapted From:
    Alton Brown's Kinda Sorta Sours [foodnetwork.com]

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