7 different pickle recipes in 7 days, sort of.

Updated on Friday, September 17, 2010 at 8:42AM by Brook Hurst Stephens

More like 4 types of pickles completed in 3 days, and 3 more types of pickles in various stages of brining, pickling or curing as I type this.

I bought ~ 100 pounds (of assorted sizes) of fresh-picked pickling cucumbers on Friday, and the first thing I did when I got them home was put them in big tubs of fresh cold water. Letting them sit overnight in water makes it easier to scrub the little bits of dust and dirt from their nubby skins the next morning and enhances their crispiness later.

Pickling cukes soaking in a tub of clean cold water overnight.

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