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Here's some home grown cucumbers (Lebanese I think) because they self-seeded in my garden so I don't know for sure but I was surprised to see fruit on the vine! It felt like yesterday when I had a look and saw only flowers then suddenly BANG like the next day there were several 4-6 inch cucumbers
Anyway, I decided to try a cold pickle method of curing them with a few ingredients I had on hand rather than my usual lacto pickled way or the boiling spices up way... We do love lacto pickled cucumbers but I had no spring water on hand and didn't want to use town water.
Plus I had no fresh dill growing and none of seeds or dried stuff either, but I did have some home dried fennel and a jar of cumin seeds plus mustard seed (both store purchased) so I bunged them in my pickle mix and they made quite a nice flavoured solution once all stirred up.
I'll be interested in how they taste!
Here's the pickle ingredients to make one litre sized jar packed with smallish cucumbers:
Method
Pack the clean jar with the cucumbers and ensure the garlic cloves are on the bottom.
Mix the rest of the ingredients in a jug until all the salt and sugar is dissolved.
Pour pickling mix over the cucumbers ensuring they are fully covered.
Store in the fridge for about 4 weeks at least before trying them.
I'll report back here in about 4 weeks with the verdict
Anyway, I decided to try a cold pickle method of curing them with a few ingredients I had on hand rather than my usual lacto pickled way or the boiling spices up way... We do love lacto pickled cucumbers but I had no spring water on hand and didn't want to use town water.
Plus I had no fresh dill growing and none of seeds or dried stuff either, but I did have some home dried fennel and a jar of cumin seeds plus mustard seed (both store purchased) so I bunged them in my pickle mix and they made quite a nice flavoured solution once all stirred up.
I'll be interested in how they taste!
Here's the pickle ingredients to make one litre sized jar packed with smallish cucumbers:
- 2 cups plain white vinegar;
- 1 cup of water;
- 2 x tablespn sea salt;
- 1 x tablespn sugar;
- 1/2 teaspn dried fennel;
- 1/2 teaspn cumin seed;
- 1 teaspn mustard seed; and
- 3 peeled cloves garlic left whole.
Method
Pack the clean jar with the cucumbers and ensure the garlic cloves are on the bottom.
Mix the rest of the ingredients in a jug until all the salt and sugar is dissolved.
Pour pickling mix over the cucumbers ensuring they are fully covered.
Store in the fridge for about 4 weeks at least before trying them.
I'll report back here in about 4 weeks with the verdict