Opened a jar of the Luncheon spears and one of the Bread and Butter
pickles I put up a couple of weeks ago. Both types are very crisp and
make a distinct snap when bitten.

Using calcium chloride is a lot easier than doing the lime soak thing.
Particularly with the B&B pickles where I put a 1/4 teaspoon in each jar.

Making the sweet pickles was a bit of a pain and took about as long as
the lime soak pickles would have taken. Having just recently made the
sweets we haven't tried them as yet, another week and I will open a jar
and see how it went.