Mrs Wages Pickling Lime

Low carb home-made pickles - Low Carb Friends

We have a lot of pretty cucumbers from the garden, want to make pickles. I know nothing about making pickles. My bro bought some Mrs. Wages pickling lime. It calls for a gallon of water, a cup of the stuff, and EIGHT cups of sugar! Sheesh. I guess this is for making sweet pickles? What about just making dill pickles, can you make those without sugar? Slice the cucumber into 1/4-inch thick slices. Mix all of the ingredients in an 8-cup glass measuring cup or microwaveable bowl. Microwave on HIGH 8 minutes, stirring twice, until crisp-tender. The pickles should be translucent, but not too soft. Rinse the canning jar with very hot water to prevent cracking, then spoon the pickles into jar. Pour all of the liquid over the pickles. Cool, cover, then chill well. Store in the refrigerator. I also have a garden and put up enough pickles to last until the next year. I make both these pickles and bread and butter pickles...I just sub Splenda for the sugar in the recipe. The only thing with the bread and butter pickles is that you have to make more brine than the recipe calls for because you loose the bulk of the sugar when you sub Splenda. I have an extra frig in my garage for storing things like extra milk, cheese and so on... so all the pickles that I make are refrigerator pickles. I like them best because the you don't have to water bath them to keep them and I think it keeps the pickles crisper not having to cook them. If you don't have the space to keep refrigerator pickles then you may want to look at a different recipe. I also have a garden and put up enough pickles to last until the next year. I make both these pickles and bread and butter pickles...I just sub Splenda for the sugar in the recipe. The only thing with the bread and butter pickles is that you have to make more brine than the recipe calls for because you loose the bulk of the sugar when you sub Splenda. I have an extra frig in my garage for storing things like extra milk, cheese and so on... so all the pickles that I make are refrigerator pickles. I like them best because the you don't have to water bath them to keep them and I think it keeps the pickles crisper not having to cook them. If you don't have the space to keep refrigerator pickles then you may want to look at a different recipe.

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