Combine the cucumbers, onions and peppers in a large bowl or stock pot. Stir in the salt and the garlic cloves. Top with a layer of ice cubes, and let sit for 3 to 4 hours. Meanwhile, combine the ...

Favorite canning traditions from our kitchen to yours. Simply Recipes / Sally Vargas Canning is as much evolution as much as it is about traditions. Every summer I seem to add another food to my ...

Relish summer harvests by making pickles and enjoying them throughout the fall and winter. Savor a crisp dill spear with a sandwich or top a hamburger with delicious bread and butters. With The ...

There’s no easy answer, really. What lands in this column sometimes depends on what’s growing in my gardens and what is seasonal. Then again, I may share a recipe that’s caught my eye regardless of ...

This video walks you through the step by step of how to make bread & butter pickles! This is a very easy recipe and process. The full recipe is available at the end of the video. Simply screenshot and ...

My grandmother’s refrigerator was tiny. Space was at a premium, and the freezer only held an ice cube tray. She spent labor-intensive hours canning, storing the results on shelves in the garage. The ...

Crisp, mildly sweet, and deliciously sour, perfect pickles invigorate and excite the palate. Make a batch of them. Here’s what to look for in the ideal pickle: • It should have just the right snap for ...

This crisp, sweet cucumber pickle picked up its nickname ‘bread and butter pickles’ during the Great Depression years in America. Pickles were low-cost and a way to brighten up the monotony of eating ...

If the thought of pickles makes you pucker, it's possible there's an entire category of preserved cucumbers you've been missing out on. Of the astonishing 20 billion pickles eaten in the U.S. each ...

This recipe was adapted from the 1951 edition of “Joy of Cooking” by Irma S. Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker. The combination of green and red in these pickles will remind you of Christmas.