We never hot bath our pickles and they turn out great. Make the about
every other year and always have a few left over. The first year my
mother canned bread and butter pickles we all liked them so much that
she had to put a limit on them and we only got to open a jar on our
birthdadys, Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. LOL needless to say
we made many more pickles the next year. Here is the recipe we use.

http://www.mountain-breeze.com/kitchen/canning/1.html


Jacqueline

On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 23:05:22 GMT, Allan Matthews
wrote:

Last summer, I wanted to make some pickles (firsst timer). Went to
the super market and bought a package of pickling mix made by the Ball
Company. It involved simply heating a mixture of vinegar and water
with the rpoduct and putting the sliced pickles in a jar with the
liquid. I did not know whether the pickles would spoil or not, no
instructions were given in the package, so I did the water bath thing.
Before I did this, the pickles tasted great and were crisp. After
wards, when I opened a jar the pickles were way to "vinegary" and very
soft..

Would the pickles have been ok if I had not done the water bath and
how long woiuld they have lasted?
Want to do more pickles this next summer. TIA, Allan

Jacqueline
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