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To: greeneyes

how do you can zucchini and cucumbers? I had way too many this year. I didn’t think I could store them - can or freeze - without making a mush!


23 posted on 08/28/2015 2:41:25 PM PDT by Hardens Hollow (Couldn't find Galt's Gulch, so created our own Harden's Hollow to quit paying the fascist beast.)
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To: Hardens Hollow

I pickle them in a water bath canner. Zukes make the best pickle spears - recipes are in the Ball Blue Book of canning and preserving. It’s my Bible of canning.


28 posted on 08/28/2015 3:04:36 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Le//t Freedom Ring.)
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To: Hardens Hollow

Oh I forgot. Make sure you trim off the blossom end on your cukes or it will be mushy. Some also add a grape leaf, or use pickle crisp - most walmarts have it.

I particularly like to take a batch of cukes and cover them with vinegar, water, salt, garlic, mustard seed, black peppercorns and a pinch of sugar or stevia. Layer the cukes with sliced red onions makes a good fresh veggie side dish or add on top of your salad. Make about a half gallon at a time - we eat it fast.


29 posted on 08/28/2015 3:09:07 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Le//t Freedom Ring.)
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