On Wed, 11 Jul 2018 17:02:03 -0400, songbird >
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>> You have pickling cukes, why are you cooking them?
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> i'm assuming a quick process to seal the jars.
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> with high acid products you can just warm up the
>lids and use hot contents and that is often enough
>to seal. which avoids a lot of time spent processing,
>energy etc.

Fermented are no work at all and produce a far better product.