The BEST Dill Pickles We've Ever Eaten 😃
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- ***The recipe calls for 1/4 teaspoon of alum. I used 1/4 teaspoon but said 1 teaspoon. Sorry for my mistake 😀
In this video I'm sharing a recipe I learned from Justin Metcalf. It produces the best crispy dill pickles I've ever made!
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***I used 1/4 teaspoon of alum but accidentally said 1 teaspoon in the video. The recipe calls for 1/4 teaspoon alum 😊
Thank you so much! Another great woman on UA-cam to get great preserving ways from and making about anything from herbs, spices, seasonings, broths, fermenting etc and all done the Old Fashioned way is, "Whipoorwill Holler!" Miss Lori is one of the best at doing anything I've ever seen in my 67 yrs of life! There ain't nothing that she can't do or make! Her and her husband live in the Hills of Arkansas! She has some great old fashion recipes to that y'all and the girls would love! Pleased give her a watch Tipper! I've been wanting to tell you about Miss Lori for awhile now but kept forgetting! Love y'all God Bless. 🙏🙏❤❤🇺🇸
Thankyou Tipper for the update on the alum amount…I’m gonna make this recipe this weekend…I love all you’re videos!
Thanks! ❤ TeresaSue
@@karensweet6530, I like watching Miss Lori too.
@@orsie200 Yes. She's so sweet and so Smart! I love her and Mr Brown. (Danny) 🙏❤🇺🇸
Listening now, and all I can think of is the Andy Griffith episode, "The Pickle Story". It's very funny if you haven't seen it. Aunt Bee makes pickles that are nicknamed "kerosene cucumbers". 🙂
😃 Love that one!!
Absolutely my favorite episode!!!!
Too funny. I said the same thing to my husband when I tasted them. I remember watching that episode of Andy Griffith and eating a whole jar of pickles afterwards and then not feeling very well. Loll such good memories.
My daddy talks about that episode every year I tell him I have cucumbers coming in. Lol
one of my favorite episodes too!
12:33 I add garlic to the dill pickles I use for potatoes salad and onions for eating dill pickles. I also eat the garlic and the onions beside using them for flavoring. Onions are a very healthy food to eat.
I don't know if any of you viewers noticed that the 3rd jar she filled with cucumbers, she forgot to add the tsp. of alum to that jar 😮. It is the jar that she stuffed in the smaller curly shaped cucumbers to the top. It's probably not too late to get that one and the alum to it then just put it in the fridgerator. I'm not sure, though. Hopefully, she catches the comment 🤔🤔❤️🫢
Yes, I was just going through the comments to see if someone had caught that to, I hope Tipper catches it. 🙏
Thank you! I did forget 😃 but I always double check before moving on to the next step because I know I've likely forgotten something 😃 So I added it then.
@@CelebratingAppalachia How can you tell in the moment when "double checking"? Is it not dissolved yet?
Thanks for sharing Justin. I have started watching his videos!
Thank you ,Mrs Tipper
Ive been subscribed to Justin metcalf for almost 2 years , He has been through so much and a great Daddy and Man.
I missed his pickle video , im gonna go watch ,
Yeap i wasnt feelin good due to a bad emergency back surgery and our intense heat in Texas an my Husband missed some Pickles, They are still hard but turned yellow,
But still good right mam ?
God bless you
Mrs josette Tharp
Montgomery County, Texas 🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤
Thank you 😊
A wonderful video! Watching it was like seeing a seed grow that had been planted, what a blessing it was. I appreciate you Mrs Tipper. I wish I could tell Mama how her pickles are traveling. Looking forward to it!!
and thank you so much for all the mentions! 🙂
Thank you for mentioning Pops video!!! We really appreciate it!!! So glad you love the pickles🥒
You are welcome! They are so good 😊
Tipper, I enjoy watching you prepare foods. My wife and I both helped our mother's get pickles ready for the "fruit cellar". What wonderful memories. My mother passed back in 1970. Sadly, the two mothers never met. My mother-in-law lived to 106, and passed in 2012. What a great Lady she was. She lived with us for 25 years - such a blessing for our children. Thank you for this video. It took us both back to our childhood.
I loved this video Tipper. I love all of yours and your Girls videos. It seems like I'm right there with you. I love all of you. May God continue to bless you!❤
Tipper I think it's wonderful you preserve your heritage yet are willing to try a new (to you) recipe. Thank you for sharing with us!
My pleasure!
I made Justro's dill pickles last year and I'm doing Justro's dill pickles this year. They are the BEST Dill Pickles ever. I also make the 14 day sweet pickles. I'm so glad I found your video site for I do sure LOVE you and your family and recipes especially the pickles. I will as long as I make pickles will think about Ms. Cindy and Justro and his Mom for the BEST PICKLES EVER. and you Tipper for sharing. Thank you for sharing the acid change in vinegars, I will keep myself aware.
Tipper thanks for sharing. I was never good at pickle canning. I did watch Justin Metcalf thanks for sharing
Those pickles are amazing! My husband waits on his canning and gardening videos! We both love watching him, and your whole family! Good ole southern people! Can’t beat it! Much love from Wears Valley!
I made these pickles last year after watching this and Justins video. Best darn pickles ever! I cant tell you how many recipes I have tried over the decades. I finally found the perfect pickle. Crunchy, even 10 months later! We just opened one of our last jars the other day. And I am inspired to grow lots of cucumbers this year. Dont forget to grow the dill too!
God blesd Tipper and her family, God bless granny!
Thank you Norman!!
Tipper, I noticed that on your 3rd Jar of quart Pickles, Sweetheart you did'nt add the Alum... I even went back and watched it and I never saw where you added it. It was at time stamp 19:45... I don't know how you'll find which one it was unless you look how the cucumbers were arranged in the Jar! I wanted to call you so bad and tell you but I couldn't! You were distracted by talking to us. Please go back on you video and watch to see if you did! Bless your Heart! Thank you so much for this recipe! It does seem very easy! I'll have to try it next year bc I can't this year. It sounds yummy! I love Pickles! Love y'all God Bless 🙏🙏❤❤
Thank you! I caught it before I added the liquid 😀 I know to double check myself because I always forget something LOL!!
Tipper, thanks for letting us know about Justin's recipe. They are the best I have found and I love how easy it is. Thanks again!
Glad you like them too 😃
I have watched Justice Medcalf ever since you mentioned him. What a joy to watch you and then switch over to him, it makes me so happy to spend time with people from where I was raised. Utah people think I talk funny but after watching you and Justice I realize I speak just right. God bless you and your work.
I just did a batch of these yesterday! I can't wait to eat them. They were so easy to do. Probably took 3 hours total. Thank you for telling us about these.
You are so welcome!
How did the pickles turn out? Mine are very salty.
I have watched Justin's video since you mentioned it before, and I subscribed. It's a great channel. I think the alum is probably the key to good dill pickles. My grandmother always used alum in her pickles, but it seems like over the years that has become more rare.
I agree!
I think the fresh dill adds a lot also.
@@cumberlandquiltchic1 Yes, that fresh dill is hard to beat.
Thank you for introducing me to Justin's channel. I'm going to try his pickle recipe. He made me laugh so hard when he was smashing bugs saying "you were eating my beans and now my beans are going to eat you" as he used them to be fertilizer for his beans.
Thank you for this video, I want to try this recipe. I just last week or so planted some cucumber plants and I hope they will produce enough for me to try this. It's so late, I do not know what, if any, we will get. The plants do have some little yellow blossoms coming along and the plants are growing.
I have asked many people if they grew up eating (dill) pickles with cake. Growing up in my house, whenever we had birthday cake particularly, we had a jar of pickles out on the table too. We most always had yellow cake with chocolate icing and a pickle alongside of the cake. Most people I have asked turn their nose up at this idea, but I grew up thinking that everyone enjoyed dill pickles with their cake - LOL! I don't know, perhaps it was just my mom and dad's family. Or, it could have just been my dad's taste buds which he had some odd combinations he would put together that you do not really see. He would put fruit cocktail on his tossed salad and I think on vanilla ice cream too. He had been known to put yogurt on top of his vanilla ice cream too claiming it made it healthier 😆. Of my two older brothers and me, only one out of the three of us, my oldest brother, turned out to be a picky eater. He did not like watermelon or tomatoes, but he loved his ketchup. I feel bad for people who do not eat these good things, they are missing out. And I still like a dill pickle with cake, birthday cake especially : )
Dog gone those pickles look goooood!! We always enjoy your channel, so family and wholesome. Thank you.
Loved watching you can the cucumbers! I am sure they will be enjoyed! Thanks, Tipper!! God bless and love to all! 💕🤗🙏🏻
A great tip is your recipe should use half the amount of dried herbs to the full amount of fresh herbs. So if he used 1 tablespoon of dry dill you should use 2 tablespoons of fresh dill. That works perfectly for all types of recipes.
Great tip!
Please forgive me if this was said in comments or video, but how long (days) after pickles jars are sealed, can you open them to eat them? Thank you.
@@ann3852 I would wait at least a month 😀
Looks like a great recipe! I'll try it when the cucumbers come on. We love a crisp pickle too. Thanks again for all you do. God bless you all. and praying for Granny.
I watched his video last year too. When I saw your video last year that said you love them too I tried it this year. It’s so simple and every pint I pickled has sealed. Can’t wait to try them.
Thank you for this recipe, Tipper (and Justin)!
Because if folks ever saw how mass-produced, store bought pickles are produced, they’d *never* buy them again. They’re left in HUGE outdoor vats, *uncovered* … no lie… dust, bird droppings, bugs and all can easily get into the vats. For anyone curious, just search “commercial production pickle vats” to check it out for yourselves.
Sorry y’all… I seem to be the bearer of regrettable news too often, it seems. 😕
Over the last 5 years or so, you can't find a decent pickle in the stores in Massachusetts anyway. You can tell, especially the bread & butter pickles, its just sugar water, I guess. Terrible. I used to be CRAZY about them, buying 2 jars at a time. Not anymore. I made them 1 year, when I grew them...once...gotta try it again
Oh goodness! Thank you for telling me! I did make a mistake 😀 the recipe calls for 1/4 teaspoon alum and I used that but said 1 teaspoon alum
🤢oh my, that’s terrible! Thanks
This is very similar to my dill pickle recipe! I add the tablespoon of alum to the liquid and also add a dash of red pepper to each qt jar. TFS. They are delicious! ❤️
Oh I bet Matt would love the pepper 😃
What does TFS stand for?
@@mygarden365 thanks for sharing
It was 1/4 tsp of alum!
I love when you tell your family stories and why you like or make your food! Thank you! ❤
Glad you enjoy it!
Those pickles look absolutely yummy!😋THANK YOU!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and keep your videos coming please.
So good to see you! Thanks for sharing. I just love your stories & recipes. You give me a sense of peace. You are truly a special woman. God bless you and your family.
Can’t wait to see how your pickles come out. They sure look pretty in the jars. yum😋 Hugs from the southeast coast of Florida 😎🦩🌞🦩😎
Tipper!! I needed this a month ago when I was swimming in cucumbers.. I’m all out now but I am planning a second planting. I’m so excited to try these! ❤
Hope you enjoy 😃
❤😊 Hey, Tipper & family! I am new to your channel, but let me tell you...I love y'all!!! I am a 60-year old southern lady from the Great state of Tennessee. We are only about 3 hours away. We live about 60 miles from Nashville in the country. My husband is retired , LOL, but raises black Angus cattle. We have been married for 36-years. Our children have four paws. Maximus is a Chiweenie, and cute as a doll. Spoiled to pieces, and loves watching TV with his Mummy. I told him to help me remember this recipe since the last few years my memory has taken leave of my body it seems. I am gonna try this recipe tomorrow with the cucumbers I have left. I think I have enough to do a few quarts. Thank y'all for being who you are and sharing yourselves with us. My husband and I are just another good Ole Southern born & bred couple trying to do the "right" things to please our Lord and be good to our fellow men & women. God bless all your family. I pray for you all.
@@tammyarmstrong-williams1943 Thank you Tammy!! Nice to hear a bit about you!
Happy to see the pickle recipe today. I've got old cookbooks that call for alum. Fell out of favor I guess. One of the interesting things about open canning is lots of other countries do it. I have cooking friends in England, Greece and Australia that only do open canning or Hot Water Bath for non pickled veggies. Some can't even buy Pressure Canners. So lots of folks in my canning group feel the USDA requirements for canning are the "very safest" but canning the old-fashioned way won't harm you. Can't wait to see the unveiling of your pickles in a few months. Blessings to all!
I’ve made dill pickles that’s similar to these, put everything you did, but I added a grape leaf. They are so delicious. Love watching your videos!
Thanks for sharing Miss Tipper, I’m sure those pickles are delicious. I love a crunchy pickle to. We also enjoy Justin’s channel as well.
Thanks Pastor Lon 😀
Perfect timing for video!! Im doing pickles tomorrow and will definitely be using this recipe. Thank you so much! ❤
How did they turn out?
I've been away awhile, but thankful to see your presentation here today. I'm not sure I want to be near a person that can't enjoy a dill pickle.
Even though it's smarter to not say so much, you look radiant and engaged there. I'm totally enjoying seeing some recent renegade canning from several people. I'm not to afraid to try some out. Blessings. W
Welcome back!
Thanks Tipper for telling us about Justin's channel, love how he tells about his history and the towns history, love the old ways he talks about. I hope my cucumbers produce enough for me to try this recipe.
I haven't canned pickles in years. Last time I did was with my mother. I loved being in the kitchen with her. Thank you so much for the content you and your daughters put out. I look forward to watching y'all. 🙂
Thank you so much for your informational video. I have never canned anything. I would love to try pickles! Your video made me feel so comfortable and informed about how to do it. Thank you!
I have tried to replicate my granny's pickle recipe for years. She died before I was 16 years old. But her pickles stayed in the pantry for 3 more years. They were the best dill pickles I have ever had. She had a recipe from a church recipe book from 1899 in Piggott AR. but half the page is missing.
I am subscribed to Justin’s channel also. I made his dill pickles a few weeks ago. They are delicious. Mine all sealed except one and I just put it in the fridge to eat first. Thank you for loving Appalachia and allots lifestyle entails.👩🌾💚 🥒
I made them a few months back. You’re right about having them for a special treat. They are delicious! I have a hard time putting them back in the fridge because they are so tasty!
I love pickles and can’t wait to try this recipe!
Be sure to watch Justin’s first 😀
Thank you Tipper for sharing how to make these pickles! Look so yummy! 😊
I watch jethro all the time. Been watching his grain mill restoration lately. He just did the 3rd video. Hoping the 4th he will have it together and ready to use. I watched his pickle process already. So you definitely are using a good recipe.
I made these a month or two ago after listening to you all rave about them. They are the best pickles I’ve ever made. The garlic turned blue which was pretty funny, but not harmful. Thank you so much for sharing this!!
My cukes finally started coming on so I made 4 quarts of these dill pickles. I did add a jalapeño to them. I still have some brine leftover so once I get my bread and butter pickles (my favorite) made and my lime pickles (my husband’s favorite) made and I if I still have cucumbers, I’ll make some plain dills. I want to pickle a few jars of green beans and make some zucchini hot dog relish, then I’ll be done with pickling. Hopefully, by then the big maters will be coming on and I can can up several dozen jars of tomatoes. Thank you for the recipe! Have a great week! TeresaSue.
I just made 4 quarts of these. Haven't tried them yet, but I'm sure they will be good. I used to do my tomatoes with the open kettle method and never had a problem. Such an easy recipe and can do a few at a time! Thanks Tipper!
i am so excited to try the recipe. going to the farmers market to get the cucumbers. thanks for sharing.
I’m so excited. This is my first time to grow cucumbers - or anything other than flowers or herbs and I just made a very small batch of these pickles!
A few weeks ago I made some bread and butter pickles. They aren’t in sealed jars, though. I’m brand new to canning. I’m 58 years old so I’m getting a bit of a late start. 😂
It’s never to late!
LOVE these pickles! Just finished making my second batch of 4 qts. as I keep them in the refrigerator. I cut them in the round and halves to fit more in the jars….they’re ready to eat in a day . Gonna try green tomatoes with this recipe. Thank you! ❤🥒
I just found you and so excited to try this recipe. I've never been able to get a crunchy dill pickle. Also, going to Justin's channel.
Thank you! Be sure to watch his video for more information 😊
Great video Mrs. Tipper! I would Love to learn how to can and make pickles one day. My Great Grandma canned, but she was the last one in the family who did. My Mom knew how, but didn't, because we didn't have a garden.
Very interesting...when I made dill pickles I'd fold the dill and the stems and put it in the bottom of the jar followed by the garlic and alum....I always used only the small ones. I am anxious to see/hear how the bigger ones turn out and the cut ones! Great video!!
Wow, i think I could fix those, maybe. They are definitely pretty in the jars. Thanks for sharing!
I watched this video twice. I fell asleep during the first viewing. Sorry, it was in the mid 80's today with oppressive humidity. I don't can like I used to, but that sure looks like a wonderful recipe. Hope your family enjoys them for the next year. ❤
I have my great granny’s Virginia Pickle recipe and make them. They take about 2 weeks, lots of sugar & clove & cinnamon. They sound like the ones you mentioned. I have to use Alum making them. People go nuts over them. People are so used to the few select pickles they can buy nowadays. So nice to hear your version. Thanks
I also add a few wild grape leaves to each jar. Helps keep crispy. Also read to cut the ends off to keep them crispy too. About the enzymes
Yes, the grape leaves add tannins that help with crispness. Only the blossom end needs to be cut. It is the one with the enzymes
Tipper, I put up 12 quarts of whole pickles, 4 quarts of spears and 2 quarts of circles for burgers yesterday using this recipe. I guess they have to sit a week or better before trying them? My son and I can't wait to try them. They turned out beautiful! Thanks for the recipe and the link to Justin's channel.
That sounds great! They will be the best after a month 😊
Well fudge!! My cukes are all gone..I canned only spicy bread & butter pickles this year as I had plenty of dills from last year, but these look and sound yummy. So think I`ll buy some locally & make a few jar. Love the Andy episode too!
But here`s a really good laugh for ya`ll and if hubby knew I was telling this..he`d kill me!
We hadn`t been married long.. both of us being from Ohio..but my heart was always in Ky, which is where we met. That`s where my grandma taught me the basics of canning.
Now HE was a city boy thru & thru! Well, he got transferred to a different state & we moved out to the country for awhile & had just enough space for a small garden. I couldn`t wait to play in the dirt again! I planted potatoes, tomatoes, onions & green beans.
When I`d planted my cucumbers he asked me (bless his heart)..if I wasn`t gonna plant any dill pickles? I laffed so hard the tears were rollin! TRUE STORY!!
Oh goodness 😀 love that story!! See the pinned comment before making them 😀
I love crunchy pickles!! Thank you!
Love these pickles. Thank you for sharing.
My pleasure 😊
Yummo...I absolutely love canned pickles, any flavor...but my most favorite that my grandmother made were mustard pickles...she just had the magic touch!❤
I truly wish I had that recipe!
I bet Matt would love those 😃
I love mustard anything ..I was so happy when my amish friend shared her pepper butter spread with me bc I call it pepper mustard 😂..it's so good in eggs, on sandwiches 🥪, or mix in a little honey and it's a good mustard honey dip for chicken or meats😊
My mother made dill pickles with this recipe! I loved them and have made them many times! My children love them as well! I hope they will make them and hand the recipe on down! I did water bath a batch on the insistence of a friend, they do not keep the crispness! Love your videos.
We tried ours today. A couple jars I added a few crashes red pepper flakes. We tried the regular and the spicy. Everybody said they're blue ribbon jars. I'll definitely be making all mine like this. Thanks so much. Prayers for Granny.
Yay!
My Aunt Dorie’s kitchen always smelled like dill in the summertime. She constantly sought to keep her pickles crunchy. Honestly, sometimes they didn’t keep their crunch. We’re up to our ears in cucumbers currently, so I’m going to try making these. I’ll go watch the originator’s video as well.
Thanks for sharing this recipe, Tipper.
Thank you, I will have to try this! I had the same experience as you when we first started gardening & canning over 30 years ago. Oh I made a BIG batch of canned pickles & I was so excited to have that many jars to store & eat. I worked so hard on them, & in a not air conditioned kitchen! They went to waste because they turned out all soft & mushy. :( tried a few recipes here & there & still got soft pickles. A couple years ago I tried "refrigerator pickles" & those made us happy! The funny thing is that it is about the same recipe you have here. They remind up of the brand Vlasic & they crunch when you bite them. Yay! But, alas, a person only has so much fridge space. So! I must try to make these! Thank you! Thank you!
Hope you enjoy them! See the first pinned comment or the description before hand-or better yet watch Justin's 😀 I said 1 teaspoon when it should have been 1/4 😀
I’m a fan of Justins dill pickles too. Made them last year and have made some this year. Had been thinking about spears and slices. Think I might try them too. Thank you for all you share.
Looks amazing!
I did the same as you, tried many many different recipes. Each one didn't hold thier crunch. I chose my favorite recipe, my mother in law's and water bathed only for 10 minutes. The trick to holding that great crispness was not over cooking them in the canner. If the pickles turned color you've over cooked them. I always make sure I can just long enough to ensure the jars sealed which is no longer than 10 mins of hard rolling boil. Immediately removing jars from the heat
This is almost exactly how my grandma and our whole family have always made dill pickles. The only difference is we don't use garlic and the vinegar and water ratios are different. I was so excited to see this video. I have great memories of my childhood sitting on my grandma's porch swing with my cousins eating dill pickles! For some reason she mostly canned slices, and yes they stayed crunchy. I think the alum is the secret. We ate so many my grandma canned them in gallon jars😂
I know you all will enjoy them all winter. We also make the 14 day pickles, I shared last year about how we put the green food coloring in the 14 days. We love using them in macaroni salad. Thanks for sharing!
I am so glad you shared it with us I remembered during the winter when you said it was the best you've ever eaten I was looking for it couldn't find it in your previous videos I've been looking for about a week so thank you so much so much for sharing it again what all us I can hardly wait to make it no I'm not afraid of it I was Top by my mother my grandmother many recipes come from Clay County Kentucky in Appalachia where I live for five years sister nail still lives there attachment that when I was a teenager and I love that black family ways of it isn't very rich culture even when you move away to take some of it with you and it is wonderful to come home to visit
Please update us on the crunchiness of whole vs chunks!
Love a crunchy pickle 🥒! Love Justin’s channel also💛
Tipper, I want to share that I have a fantasy that somehow I end up in Brasstown NC, and I show up at your door. You greet me and you say, I have some great dill pickles and I say "yes please"! LOL they just look so good.. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
😃 Love that 😃
Thank you for your video. I will check out Justin’s video too. I can’t wait till next year to try this recipe out. I had to go to my cabinet to try out the pickles I canned this year. I just love homemade dill pickles.
Made my first batch today. 5 quarts. I'm widowed, so this should last me through the winter. Thanks for sharing.
Will make some dill pickles like this. Have a grandson that loves dill pickles.
These look and sound delicious. I need to try them. I found a refrigerator dill pickle recipe a few years back and tried it. It had a little sugar in the recipe, which made me skeptical, because I don’t like sweet pickles. They were delicious and my family loved them. Looking forward to trying these. Take care and God bless y’all. 😀❤️
I make refrigerator pickles all summer long. I don’t have space for storing home canned foods. We love the recipe I use.
Hey Tipper , Thank you for sharing. ❤
Tipper! I made the pickles and they are soooo crunchy!!! They taste great I’m so excited about them! I got 2quarts and 10 pints , Thanks for sharing 👍🏻🥒
Wonderful 😀
Hey Ms Tipper.
Have a few questions for you .
Why are you using regular cucumbers to make your pickles ??
Just something you all usually do ??
Not sure if you know , but there are special kinds of cucumbers, called pickling cucumbers . Ones that are for making pickles .
They are a lot smaller than regular cucumbers , but like anything , have to pick to correct time to get desired size you want .
Why don't you cut into spears before putting in jars ?? You would most surely get more into each jar by doing that .
Now my mother made pickles , but she jarred them after the fact if you will .
My mother had several stone crocks she used to make pickles in .
She made dill, sweat , bread/butter, garlic and probably a few more .
Now I don't remember the whole process, but the cucumbers would soak in the solution for however long they needed to. Then they would be jarred . Mot sure if they were officially canned after that or had to be or not .
Just that they soaked in those crocks for a while .
I remember when I was about 8 or 9 back in the '70's , my mother gave me a dime and told me to ride down the road to so n so's house and get here a bunch of dill .
We lived out in the country and the lady down the dirt road had a huge garden she sold stuff out of .
I rode down there, presented my dime, told the lady what I wanted and rode back home with my bunch of dill in hand .
My mother made pickles ever year it seemed . So often , I got real tired of eating bread and butter pickles .
Think she put them in the crock whole , but cut them up before putting them in the jars . Not sure about the sliced ones though .
My job was to boil the jars before filling . I had a wooden platform I stood on in front of the stove , my gloves and tongs .
Would put the jars in the boiling water, set the timer, wait , timer ding , ts kg e them out onto a towel and start over.
Same with lids and rings .
Then they would fill the jars up and seal them
Think why my mother made pickles all the time , is at one time she worked for a pickle packing factory
Tuscola , Michigan was home to Dykehouse ( SP) pickles .
out front by the road they had a bunch of huge wooden vats, if you will . That they soaked the pickles in . Going to my aunt's house in Tuscola, we always went by there, and you could always smell the brine when they were making pickles.
My mother was a pickle packer , probably among other jobs there . She won factory awards for the fastest pickle packer !!
HA HA HA
They have been out of business for quite a long time. Funny though , most of their pickles when out of state and to Canada .
Not even sure if you could buy them around our town.
It would be interesting to find out if the crunch of the pickle matters if it remains whole, or will it still crunch if it had been cut up first .
Let us know what the verdict is .
Your cucumbers are different that unusually see , not the usual all dark green skin , like you find in grocery stores .
Also, those pickling cucumbers usually all have all those little bumps all over them , that's what I'm used to .
When you plant cucumbers, do you pick your seed brand / type by what they will taste like. Look like or how big they will get ??
I myself only eat cucumbers in pickle form , after they have turned from a cucumber into a pickle .
Which is my next question .
After you jar them , how long do you have to wait , till they transform into a true pickle if you will ??
Till they don't taste like a cucumber but a dill sweet pickle ??
My mother's crock pickles usually sat for a while before jarring , and always a towel or something over the top .
More to keep stuff out than in I believe.
We would always go lift the towel to see what we could see , and get caught and yelled at to leave those pickles be .
Lots of memories there .
Hope to hear a few responses from you .
Take care !!
BigMike
We use what ever cucumbers we grow, but do grow a pickling variety too 😀 You can cut into spears if you'd like 😀 Love those memories of your mother!! We've been growing cucumbers for so long we settled on a few favorites: Boston pickling cucumber, Silver Slicer, and Arkansas Little Leaf. I usually try at least one or two new ones each year too. I would wait at least a month before eating to allow them to fully pickle. Hope you have a great day!
Can’t wait to do my own pickles. My husband can’t have colorant. Thanks Tipper. Brooks Oregon
Check out the pinned comment before you make them 😀 Hope you enjoy!!
I love this…it reminds me of my grandmother growing up!
I know they will be delicious. Thank you for sharing.
Thks for sharing the recipe. I have been looking for a dill pickle recipe because the ones I looked at were so involved. I have made bread and butter pickles using the Rebel Cannon way.
UNKNOWINGLY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In other words I read an easy recipe and tried it. Worked for me. Never thought anything could happen. If my garden produces enough cukes I will try this for sure. I love crispy dills too. And yours did look so pretty too.
I loved this video. Thanks for sharing. I got the bug to make them now. Well my aunt and uncle did use their dishwasher to sterilize the jars and that always worked.
Try grape leaves in each jar and they will stay crunchy, it has tons of tannin as well as bay leaves will work too. I’ll never make pickles without them. ❤
I’ve heard this too!
Can you use wild grape vines? I’ve never seen grapes on them but they look like grape leaves.
@@SheilaDawdy absolutely you can.
@@SheilaDawdy just make sure they are grape leaves before using. Google search it.
We ended up making 22 quarts of these. First time ever making pickles. Thanks for the video!!😁
I can't wait to try to make the pickles, thank you for sharing this with me ☮️
I hope you like them!! Check out the pinned comment before you make them!
They look delicious! I've only made bread and butter pickles. And that was years ago. I prefer dill pickles, and anything sour. Thanks, Tipper. ❤
Sorry went to sleep, now I will watch it again, it’s not like I am going to make pickles I want to see if my Mom made them like this. She made wonderful dill pickles. God bless. ❤
I have been using the Ball Pickle Crisp in my pickles this year, because mine were mushy that I put up last year. I am hoping the Pickle Crisp will work like the Alum to make them crispy this year. I will have to try this recipe when I get more cucumbers. Mine are about done for this season.
My previous comment was misinterpreted buy my speakerphone I was raised on the west coast and moved to Clay County Kentucky in Appalachia when I was 17 my grandmother and my mother taught me how to can and my aunt's also friends shared their recipes and knowledge with me pickle recipes beet recipes which I still treasure my sister still lives Appalachia I love to go back to visit you take its culture with you wherever you go I call it home I'm so thankful you found a wonderful pickle recipe I have not found a dill pickle recipe I do have a 14 day pickle recipe that we call Sweet chunks that looks similar to yours that I love and make I could hardly wait to make this pickle recipe my mother did not have a good dill pickle recipe she looked and looked for a good dill pickle recipe never found a really good one hope this will be a new keeper and go to recipe for me thanks so much for sharing it was all of us
I grew my own dill for the first time this year and fresh dill makes such a wonderful difference in the taste.