Peekuls with peekshurs.

[hippywife]

Recipe: http://elise.com/recipes/archives/007318bread_and_butter_pickles.php

[Callalily]

1. I just knew it! Before I clicked on

your link, I just knew that these were bread and butter pickles. I too used to can these. They ended up to be Christmas gifts and were also sent in "care packages" to my daughter when she was in college. Mine are still her favorite bread and butter pickles.

[hippywife]

4. I tend to make more of those

when we're getting lots of them from the garden. We love garlic dills, too, but they tend to go slower than these do.

I had a lot more cukes than the recipe called for so I was trying to adjust for the additional amount without really doing any measuring. The result was a tangy pickle that was sweet but less so than the normal sweet pickle. They were actually very good. I have lots of the brine left in a pitcher in the fridge for the next batch.

I'm sure your pickles were like lots of love from home when she received them. :hi:

[Stinky The Clown]

2. We make a salad like that almost once a week

Kirbys, onions, a little olive oil, white vinegar, salt and pepper, oregano, parsley.

[hippywife]

3. I have another whole crisper drawer full

from just the last two days with tons more coming. We've been eating them in salads, too. :9

:hi:

[Stinky The Clown]

5. I love Kirbys. More than even te best cuke.

[kestrel91316]

6. If you like Kirbys, you'd probably love the little Persian cukes we get

here in SoCal. They are longet and thinner than Kirbys, with NO bumps/spines, very tiny seeds, thin skins, and lengthwise striations. Never bitter. Good for salads or pickles.

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[Lugnut]

7. We planted four.

In spite of the cool, rainy weather we've been having we've picked almost a dozen.

[hippywife]

8. Cukes are really

the gardening motivator. Even if everything else fails and ya can't grow nothing else, cukes just keep coming and make you feel like you can grow anything! LOL Damn sneaky little bastards, tho. :rofl:

[japple]

9. What beautiful, bright pickles. I can almost taste them from

here. And that pizza! I could have dived right into that one.

Now, I've got to go deal with a refrigerator full of cucumbers. I made bread & butter on Thursday. I think I'll make some more fresh pack dills, and maybe some relish.

Next year, I'm going to grow a different kind. The ones I have this year are long and skinny. I need to find Kirby seeds, which I couldn't find locally last year. What kind do you plant?

[hippywife]

10. You have me thinking about doing some spears

yours look so good! I love pickles, especially on a burger. I end up most with a dill pickle sandwich with a little patty of meat on it. LOL For that reason, I always used to get aggravated when I ordered I burger somewhere and they brought me a spear. Cut them how you will, it's not the same and I really didn't want to fix my own sandwich, ya know? ;) That's why I always make slices instead of spears.

These aren't actual Kirby's. Some are accidental cukes from seeds that overwintered in the compost of the salad bar scraps I bring home from work for the chickens. I just pick them when they get pickling size. The other ones that we actually did plant are a hybrid pickling cuke I ordered this year from Johnny's: http://www.johnnyseeds.com/

Dive right in, babe. Wish I could have you all over for a pizza party. :hi: