How do I make salt pickles (also known as brine cucumbers)?
Rating: 40 You need a 4-gallon crock, 12 pounds of cucumbers (rinsed in cold water, if necessary), and 6 quarts of 10 percent brine. Pack the cucumbers in the crock and cover with brine (which is made by dissolving about 1 pound of salt in 9 pints of water). A fresh egg should barely float on top of the brine. Cover with a plate and a weight heavy enough to keep the plate just below the surface of the brine. The following day after making the brine, add more salt at the rate of 1 pound for every 10 pounds of cucumbers to maintain the strength of the brine. At the end of the first week, and at the end of each succeeding week for five weeks, add 1/4-pound of salt for every 10 pounds of cucumbers. When adding salt, always place in on the cover. If the salt is added directly to the brine, it may sink rather than dissolve. This would make the bottom of the brine very salty, and the top of the brine so weak that the pickles would spoil. Remove scum as it forms. Determine when brining is comp
Rating: 44 You need a 4-gallon crock, 12 pounds of cucumbers (rinsed in cold water, if necessary), and 6 quarts of 10 percent brine. Pack the cucumbers in the crock and cover with brine (which is made by dissolving about 1 pound of salt in 9 pints of water). A fresh egg should barely float on top of the brine. Cover with a plate and a weight heavy enough to keep the plate just below the surface of the brine. The following day after making the brine, add more salt at the rate of 1 pound for every 10 pounds of cucumbers to maintain the strength of the brine. At the end of the first week, and at the end of each succeeding week for five weeks, add 1/4-pound of salt for every 10 pounds of cucumbers. When adding salt, always place in on the cover. If the salt is added directly to the brine, it may sink rather than dissolve. This would make the bottom of the brine very salty, and the top of the brine so weak that the pickles would spoil. Remove scum as it forms. Determine when brining is comp
