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Jane's Zucchini Bread-And-Butter Pickles

Written By: The Old Farmer’s Almanac Editors The Almanac Editors and Staff
Yield
Makes about 3 pints
Category
Pickles and Preserves
Course
Other
Preparation Method
Boil
Sources
Old Farmer's Almanac

Even pickle devotees will be fooled into thinking you’ve used cucumbers.

Ingredients
1 quart unpeeled, thinly sliced, small fresh zucchini
2 small to medium onions, thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic, sliced
1/4 cup pickling salt
1-1/4 cups cider vinegar
1-1/4 cups sugar
1 teaspoon celery seed
2 teaspoons mustard seed
1/2 teaspoon tumeric

Instructions

Sprinkle the zucchini, onions, and garlic with salt, and cover with cold water. Let stand 2 hours. Drain, rinse in fresh cold water, and drain again. Combine the remaining ingredients in a large pot and boil 5 minutes. Add the vegetables, remove the pot from heat, and let stand 3 hours. Return the pot to a boil and simmer 5 minutes. Pack pickles into sterilized jars and process 10 minutes in boiling water.

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Comments

<span>Ali</span> Sun, 08/19/2018 - 10:10
Does this recipe call for Pickling Salt or Iodized Salt?
<a title="View user profile." href="/author/editors">The Editors</a> Mon, 08/20/2018 - 14:36

Hi, Ali. We do recommend pickling salt and apologize for any confusion.

 <span>Lalaine</span> Mon, 01/18/2016 - 21:56
What does it mean to process the jars 10 minutes in boiling water?
<a title="View user profile." href="/author/editors">The Editors</a> Thu, 01/21/2016 - 14:02

This is the method of completely submerging the sealed jars in a large pot of boiling water and boiling the jars for a specified period of time.

 <span>Johnny Whomper</span> Tue, 07/24/2012 - 11:12
What's the point of covering the vegs with salt for 2 hours?
<a title="View user profile." href="/author/editors">The Editors</a> Wed, 07/30/2014 - 12:07

The salt water will draw out some of extra moisture from the veggies which would otherwise dilute the pickles.