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Old Fashioned Three-Day Pickles

8:33 am by Seeking Joyful Simplicity 25 Comments

Old Fashioned Three-Day Pickles

 

This recipe for old-fashioned pickles was given to me by community herbalist Krista Rahm who shares it with her Whole Living students. The recipe combines pickling lime and vinegar to make extra crispy pickles and was given to Krista by a 90-year old woman who made these pickles every year..I always end up with more cucumbers than I can use or give away. This recipe is a great way to make delicious, crisp, homemade pickles. It was a bit of work, but after three days, I enjoyed the best pickles I had ever made.
Too many cucumbers? Make pickles!

 

This recipe for old-fashioned pickles was given to me by community herbalist Krista Rahm who shares it with her Whole Living students. The recipe combines pickling lime and vinegar to make extra crispy pickles and was given to Krista by a 90-year old woman who made these pickles every year for many decades.

I always end up with more cucumbers than I can use or give away. This recipe is a great way to make delicious, crisp, homemade pickles. It was a bit of work, but after three days, I enjoyed the best pickles I ever made.

Here is a basic summary of the process, with detailed instructions following. 

On day one you will combine very cold water with pickling lime, add your sliced cucumbers, and cover. This will sit for 24-hours.

On the second day you will rinse the cucumbers and mix your sugar, vinegar, hot water, pickling spice and salt and add your rinsed cucumbers and allow this to sit another 24-hours.

On the third day you will heat your spiced cucumbers and can them in a hot water bath. Read below for ingredients and detailed instructions for each day.

DAY ONE

Approximately 7 pounds sliced cucumbers
1 cup of pickling lime
1 gallon very cold water

Combine the pickling lime and water and mix well. Add the cucumbers. Place in an enamel pan or fermenting crock. Let stand for 24 hours.

This old-fashioned  3-day pickle recipe combines pickling lime and vinegar to make extra crispy pickles. A great way to make delicious, crisp, homemade pickles.

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DAY TWO

4.5 pounds of sugar
7 cups of vinegar
3 cups of HOT water
pickling spice
2 Tablespoons salt

Rinse your cucumbers VERY well to remove the lime. Keep rinsing until the water runs clear. Combine the sugar, vinegar, hot water, pickling spice, and salt.
Add your rinsed cucumbers.
Let sit for another 24 hours.


 

DAY THREE

Heat the cucumbers/vinegar mix on low-medium heat for 20 minutes. While the cucumbers and spices are heating (oh the aroma!), sterilize your jars and lids and have them hot and ready to go.

Using clean technique, fill the hot jars with the hot cucumber mix and process the pickles in a hot water bath for 20 minutes. If for some reason, some of the lids do not seal, keep those jars in the refrigerator and use within a week.

Do you have a favorite pickle recipe?
How do manage all those summer cucumbers?

~ Michelle

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  1. ilke Herrmann says

    at 10:05 pm

    I have never heard of pickling lime, can you tell me what it is and where I can buy this?

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    • Seeking Joyful Simplicity says

      at 10:44 am

      Pickling lime is calcium hydroxide and is used to keep the pickles crisp. You can find it woth the pickling supplies at Walmart, Target, and on Amazon.

      Reply
  2. Billy says

    at 3:44 pm

    Does pickling lime do a better job of keeping them crisp then using grape leaves / bay leaves in the ferment? I guess if I don’t want to alter the flavor of my pickles in any way it would be better to use the lime – but I am curious how they compare in terms of crispness on either end. Thank you!

    Reply
    • Seeking Joyful Simplicity says

      at 4:12 pm

      That’s a very good question and something to experiment with in future batches.

      Reply
  3. Joann says

    at 2:21 pm

    How much pickling spice ?

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    • Seeking Joyful Simplicity says

      at 7:55 am

      Usually 1 – 2 teaspoons (for approximately 7 pounds of cucumbers)

      Reply
  4. T HUTSON says

    at 10:24 pm

    IS THIS DILL OR SWEET PICKLES

    Reply
    • Seeking Joyful Simplicity says

      at 9:17 am

      You can season them however you want. I used an organic blend of spices.

      Reply
  5. teresa says

    at 11:20 pm

    but the amount of sugar you are saying to use do they come out as sweet pickles

    Reply
    • Seeking Joyful Simplicity says

      at 5:14 pm

      Sweet, but not that sweet.

      Reply
  6. dida says

    at 10:22 pm

    what kind of vinager apple cider or white ?

    Reply
    • Seeking Joyful Simplicity says

      at 11:00 am

      You can use either apple cider or white vinegar, but for this recipe I prefer the white vinegar.

      Reply
  7. Candida says

    at 11:27 pm

    Why do you have to hot water bath the pickles for so long ? most i ever do is five minuets, just curious. also what kinda cider apple or white? and how much pickling spice…also why so much sugar just curious is all.

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    • Seeking Joyful Simplicity says

      at 4:41 pm

      This recipe was shared with me from my herbal teacher and friend Krista Rahhm, who received from a woman who had been making this recipe for decades and received the recipe from her mother, grandmother….

      Reply
  8. Candida says

    at 12:47 pm

    Last question i promise. Sorry to bother you so much…… Ok so my pickles felt crisp on day one and two and even three….that is until i put them on the boil. ONce boiled they felt a little soft. is this normal? Will they firm back up after canned ??

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    • Seeking Joyful Simplicity says

      at 2:11 pm

      No bother! They do soften after the rinsing and when you start adding heat. But when I make these, they still turn out more crisp than any of the other pickles I have made (using other recipes/methods). I hope they turn out the way you want them! Let me know either way.

      Reply
  9. Pamela says

    at 8:49 pm

    Thank you so much. This is my favorite way to make pickles. Lost this in moving. So glad to find it.

    Reply
  10. Jim M says

    at 11:37 pm

    How many quarts of pickles does this recipe make?

    Reply
    • Seeking Joyful Simplicity says

      at 10:14 am

      3-5 depending on the size of the pickles. I used slicing cucumbers, which were quite large, versus the smaller pickling cucumbers.

      Reply
  11. Beverly says

    at 2:13 pm

    My MIL used to make these, and I loved them. I made them for the first time last year, using your recipe.

    A friend asked me for the recipe. She’s asking how many it will make? I’ve forgotten. Can you please tell me?

    Thank you!

    Reply
    • Seeking Joyful Simplicity says

      at 9:15 am

      3-5 Quarts depending on the size of the pickles. I used slicing cucumbers, which were quite large, versus the smaller pickling cucumbers.

      Reply
  12. Jennifer says

    at 7:57 pm

    Do you boil yout water for day 2??

    Reply
    • Seeking Joyful Simplicity says

      at 9:27 am

      I heated the water enough to make dissolving the sugar easier, but I did not boil.

      Reply
  13. Paul says

    at 1:55 pm

    Hi, I was wondering do you need to refrigerate day 2 process after all is put together? Or can it be left out like the day 1 brining process?

    Reply
    • Seeking Joyful Simplicity says

      at 4:24 pm

      I would definitely refrigerate after all is done.

      Reply

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