At the end of last year I grew pickling cucumbers from seed so I could make gherkins. I have 4 plants and they have grown rather large but have taken awhile to fruit. Finally today I had enough to pickle!It is a rather simple process. Basically you soak the gherkins in salt and water for a day, rinse, pour boiling water over, drain, put in a jar and then cover with a vinegar/spice concotion that you boil for 5 mins. Thank-you very much Edmonds Cookbook.
I didn't have any pickling spice so I made that from scratch too. Now I wait. In 3 weeks time they will be ready to eat and will taste extra good in my ham sandwiches.
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