Pickles In A Bucket (Pail or large Glass Jar)

 

Pickles In A Bucket

4 cups granulated sugar

2 cups white vinegar

2 tbsp coarse pickling salt

1 tsp tumeric

1 tsp celery seed

1 tsp mustard seed

Mix these ingredients in an ice cream pail, or ice cream bucket of large glass jar.

5 cucumbers with peel sliced thinly

I usually only add cucumbers to the brine, but you can add some thinly sliced peppers (red and green), as well as a thinly sliced spanish onion. 

Let the whole thing stand for about 2 hours and add more slices of cucumber and push them down into the liquid.

Cover and store in the fridge, it says they keep 6 months but I have found they keep slightly longer.

I have also made these pickles when I have an abundance of cukes because I am not making relish.

Freezer Pickles

7 cups sliced cucumbers with peel

1 large onion thinly sliced

1 cup thinly sliced red and green peppers, seeded

1 tbsp coarse pickling salt

1/2 tsp celery seed

1 cup white vinegar

2 cups granulated sugar

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Stir well. Cover and put in fridge for three days. Stir once every day. Pack into freezer containers, and make sure brine covers to within 1 inch of top. Freeze. Thaw before serving. They keep in the fridge for 8 weeks and in the freezer for at least a year.

Everybody have a wonderful evening. 

God bless.