Sunday, June 26, 2011

Easy Bread and Butter Pickles for July 4th!

Hey everyone! Our friend Yvonne at StoneGable has started a new weekly meme-On The Menu Monday! It can be for the week or for a specific event. This week I'm planning and sharing a recipe for the 4th of July that needs to be made at least five days ahead of time.

Mamaw's Refrigerator Bread and Butter Pickles.
These pics are from last year, they are a great, simple, crispy pickle!
I think you'll be happy if you add them to your July 4th menu:@)

I made 1/2 batch using my Lock-N-Lock bowl.
Cukes, onion and peppers, I didn't have bell peppers so I added  one Hungarian wax and three small Jalapenos from the garden. I wanted to try a pickle with a little heat to it!
I'm going to make the green bell peppers stated in the recipe this year.
Vinegar, sugar, celery seed, salt, add lid and shake... this is starting to look good!
Gotta believe any recipe by Mamaw has to be a good one!
I copied this before I started blogging so I didn't note who it was from, I found it on-line.
Enjoy!
This recipe's a keeper! 
Note: It does assume we have access to fresh garden or farm stand cukes.

Mamaw's Refrigerator Bread and Butter Pickles
7 C sliced, unpeeled cucumbers
1 C sliced onion
1 C sliced green peppers
1 C cider vinegar
2 C sugar
1 Tblsp celery seed
1 Tblsp salt
Mix everything together cold and store covered in fridge. Let sit for 5 days so flavors can mingle. The author writes these keep for months in the fridge, if they last that long!

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