How long do you let the pickles 'mature' on the counter before opening
them....my kids are dying to rip the lids off. They started out with fresh
cukes put in the jars and covered with brine, then bwb. I usually just
made them for display and by the time the display part of the fair was over,
they were pickled, now the kids are bigger, they don't want to wait for the
fair.
-ginny

"Virginia Tadrzynski" > wrote in message
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> How long do you let the pickles 'mature' on the counter before opening
> them....my kids are dying to rip the lids off. They started out with
> fresh cukes put in the jars and covered with brine, then bwb. I usually
> just made them for display and by the time the display part of the fair
> was over, they were pickled, now the kids are bigger, they don't want to
> wait for the fair.
> -ginny
>
Many of the recipes in J.O.P. recommend 3-4 weeks. I'm guilty of the ripping
part myself, esp. when it comes to pickled b**ts and bread & butter pickles.
There's no bad.
Edrena

In article >,
"Virginia Tadrzynski" > wrote:

> How long do you let the pickles 'mature' on the counter before opening
> them....my kids are dying to rip the lids off. They started out with fresh
> cukes put in the jars and covered with brine, then bwb. I usually just
> made them for display and by the time the display part of the fair was over,
> they were pickled, now the kids are bigger, they don't want to wait for the
> fair.
> -ginny

My food scientist friend said that they're mostly there within a week or
10 days. I've never tested the theory. We (family when I was a kid)
always let ours sit for a couple months before cracking the jar. Lots
of folks use Thanksgiving Dinner as the first tasting.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - story and
pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007

The Joneses wrote:
> Many of the recipes in J.O.P. recommend 3-4 weeks. I'm guilty of the ripping
> part myself, esp. when it comes to pickled b**ts and bread & butter pickles.

When I made bread and butter pickles from the joy of pickling, I found that
my BWB was too short to properly can one of the jars, so I BWB'd it anyway
to "cook" the pickles and when it cooled put it in the fridge. It did not
last three days. :-)


The pickles were fine without waiting, Yes, they did improve with time,
but they were still good.


I often take cucumber strips and put them in jars of pickle juice
from imported pickles and stick them in the fridge for a few days.
They are nothing like the pickles that came out of the jar originaly,
but they are still good.

Geoff.


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In article >,
"Virginia Tadrzynski" > wrote:

> How long do you let the pickles 'mature' on the counter before opening
> them....my kids are dying to rip the lids off. They started out with fresh
> cukes put in the jars and covered with brine, then bwb. I usually just
> made them for display and by the time the display part of the fair was over,
> they were pickled, now the kids are bigger, they don't want to wait for the
> fair.
> -ginny

The B&Bs are edible immedjutly.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - story and
pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007

"Virginia Tadrzynski" > wrote in message
...
> How long do you let the pickles 'mature' on the counter before opening
> them....my kids are dying to rip the lids off. They started out with
> fresh cukes put in the jars and covered with brine, then bwb. I usually
> just made them for display and by the time the display part of the fair
> was over, they were pickled, now the kids are bigger, they don't want to
> wait for the fair.
> -ginny
>
>

I would think it depends on the pickle recipe - I was eating Barb's B&B
pickles hot out of the pot! BEFORE putting in to the jars....

Kathi

"Kathi Jones" > wrote in message
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>
> "Virginia Tadrzynski" > wrote in message
> ...
>> How long do you let the pickles 'mature' on the counter before opening
>> them....my kids are dying to rip the lids off. They started out with
>> fresh cukes put in the jars and covered with brine, then bwb. I
>> usually just made them for display and by the time the display part of
>> the fair was over, they were pickled, now the kids are bigger, they don't
>> want to wait for the fair.
>> -ginny
>>
>>
>
> I would think it depends on the pickle recipe - I was eating Barb's B&B
> pickles hot out of the pot! BEFORE putting in to the jars....
>
> Kathi
Vinegar fume poisoning, fer sure.
Edrena, fellow addict