Pickles

I love fresh pickles or cucumber salad but I don't make them much cause Travis does not like cucs. But he says that he even liked these. They only take a few minutes to make, and they last a long time in the fridge. Tonight I ate them alone and on my Boca burger. Zion even ate them and asked for more and she does not like cucumbers either.

Refrigerator Pickles

2 pounds cucs sliced on the diagonal about 1/2 inch thick, approx 8 cups

1 medium vidalia or other sweet onion sliced

Coarse Salt (I used sea salt)

2 cups Sugar

1 cup cider vinegar

1 t celery seed

1 t mustard seed

Directions:

In a colander set over a medium bowl, toss cucumbers, onion and salt. Mix with hands and set aside to drain. (I was wondering what was going to drain personally but low and behold something did, I guess it was the water from the cucumber.) Let it sit 30 minutes. In a small bowl combine remaining ingredients and stir to dissolve sugar.

After the 30 minutes divide the cucumber mixture among clean jars or air tight containers and pour vinegar mixture over. Let them refrigerate for 8 hours. Store up to two weeks.

*This recipe is from http://www.marthastewart.com/ the Everyday Food magazine although I cannot find it there now. Below is a link for dill pickles that I want to try.

There are also a lot of great recipes and craft ideas on her page.

http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.0e0eb51a2e6b5ad593598e10d373a0a0/?vgnextoid=6e9fd0f19132f010VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default&rsc=header_1&autonomy_kw=pickles