Glad to hear it. We have only had 3 1/2 cukes. The first one was a little one kinda misshapen, so I count it as a half. Then we had a big one that was hidden, so it was too big, but ok for cukes and onion fresh pickles. The next one was just right, and then we another kinda big one.
I wound up using one of those big klauson pickle containers, put in a lot of onion and red onion and pickling mixture. I let the mixture cool down so that the veggies wouldn’t wilt. Already almost half gone.
I am hoping for some zukes! Last year’s discovery was a sweet and spicy zuke pickle that I like better than cukes. It was more cruncy than any pickles I have ever made. I made them in spears, and shaved all the middle mushy seed area off and left the rind on. Thanks for the encouragement.
I will definitely grow bush cukes from now on. I like getting a bunch of little once all at once and doing pickles and then letting them go for cukes. I was desperate for some fresh kosher dills so I got 2 packages with 4 perfect baby cukes in it each at the store. I had a coupon for a dollar off. I split them in half and put them up with garlic kosher salt a aplash of vinegar and my usual spices. In a week I’ll be feasting. I never can pickles, I like them crunchy.