pickles

[annigirl22]

Does cold pickle mean that the liquid is cold when you pour it on cucumbers? I have always used hot.

If you have big cucumbers you have to slice them or poke holes to them or they will be floppy. Take a knitting needle or sharp knife and make few holes on each cucumber to help the pickle go inside them and keep them crunchy. You can do that to small cucumbers too, but it's required only on big ones.

That's really smart heini... we've done pickles for years and just done small ones cause the big ones get kinda gross. thanks for the tip!

one other thing though, I've always been told to let them rest in a place that doesn't have a draft(after boiling), or it can keep them from sealing properly. you could place a towel over them or something if you're close to a door, but yeah... chalk it up to my paranoia, or my grandmum's maybe.