Re: [gardeners] Ice Water Pickles

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Supposedly makes the pickles crisper. I put up a batch last month that were ice water soaked, reckon
we'll find out when we open a jar.

George

Bargyla Rateaver wrote:
> 
> what is the point/value of soaking first?
> 
> George Shirley wrote:
> 
> > Look in the Ball Blue Book, found at most Walmart stores in the food preserving section. Generally
> > just consists of soaking your future pickles in ice water for a couple of hours prior to pickling
> > them.
> >
> > George
> >
> > Gayle Fields wrote:
> > >
> > > Now that the cucumber harvest is in I hope to make some ice water
> > > pickles but I cannot find the recipe that my mother used to follow.
> > > Anyone on the list know of one?
> > >
> > > > Gayle
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