Article: Lucile's German Chunk Sweet Pickles: Fond Memories
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| Your article on your brined pickles was wonderful to read and brought back some very fond memories of l when I made my grandmother's brined sweet pickle chunks. She raised me and was a super cook but didn't use recipes...it was a pinch of this and a dusting of that and everything always came out delicious. I am going to give your recipe a try, starting tonight by washing my cukes (just picked today), and put them in their first day's soaking brine. I know they will turn out great and taste very similiar to my grandmother's (Mamaw) pickles. Yes, there was skimming and changing brine water etc. but those pickles were well worth it all, so to anyone that is a newbie on brined pickles, don't be scared and you will be so proud when you receive praises on your canned pickles. A new member of Cubits.org, Sherry |
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| It's great to have you on Cubits, Sherry, and I hope your pickles turn out great! Patricia |
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| Pat, My cukes are in the process of sitting in cool water now, as they have gone through the salt water brine, and as I was reading your recipe again. I need some clarification. Do you not put the pickles in a water bath as a final step? Thanks, Sherry |
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| Sherry, we don't water bath our pickles after they are jarred. The jars are hot and sterile, and the pickles are boiling when we put them into the jars. As long as we put the lids on immediately, the jars seal. Putting them in a water bath would not hurt the pickles, but we have not found it necessary. |
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| Pat, the pickles turned out great, altho I didn't have enough liquid to put in jars, so I put the excess pickles in a plastic container w/lid in fridge for Hubby to snack on.. It made 5 qts plus the container full. Hubby loves them and he did help me. We have more cukes ready to can so I will be making more of these same pickles in next few days for this winter's supply. Have already canned Kosher dill spears but he wanted more of these brined cukes. I am diabetic so I can't eat them but will get a container of stivia for the diabetic batch for me. Just thought you might want an update. Sherry |
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Wonderful! We love those pickles and are glad yours turned out well. Next year I've got to grow some cucumbers and make some dills too. We're due for a good gardening year after mostly drought years for quite a while.  |
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| Pat, our garden this year was horrible.. very late planting due to cold temps and tons of rain. We only had TWO (2) cucumber plants and had lots of cukes. I am doing my second batch of your brined pickle recipe now. Plan on giving a jar to a neighbor after I gave her a taste and she liked them. She doesn't garden so we keep them supplied with our organic veggies but this year all we had to give them was tomatoes and cukes. Have a great day Pat. Sherry |
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| Wow! This recipe is very similar to the one given to me by my wife's (German) grandmother. The only difference is that the vinegar / sugar / spice mixture is strained out daily, boiled, then poured back over the chunks. The pickles are then sealed in jars using a standard 10 minute water bath. I also leave the spices loose and make sure that some get into every jar. I have 12 gallons, in 2 batches going right now. That's about 40# of raw cukes for those who were wondering. Thanks for the great recipe! Big Don New member, and glad I joined.  |
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