Ice Box Pickles Recipe

Ice Box Pickles Notes

This family recipe is compliments of my grandmother, Jeanette Kesselring, from Arnold, Missouri. These are delicious eaten straight from the jar (although we use them as sandwich toppings).

Ingredients

7 cups cucumbers, sliced thin (smaller cucumbers are preferable, if you don't care for seeds)
1 cup sweet onion, sliced or diced
2 cups sugar
1 cup white vinegar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon celery seed

Serves / Yields

varies

Preparation Instructions

Bring the sugar, vinegar, salt and celery seed mixture to a boil. Cool and pour over the cucumbers and onions. Store in a covered jar in the refrigerator. Will keep indefinitely.

Credit

This recipe was provided by Alyx Kesselring from Evanston.

Cuisines, Courses and Ingredients

American, Appetizer, Condiment, Snack, Vegetable

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This is my second year using this recipe--we love these pickles! I put the syrup over the jars packed with cucumbers and onion after it had cooled from boiling but was still hot and the pickles turned out great. Maybe a better definition that just "cool" would be helpful. Yes, I will make these pickles again--talk about easy!!

~ Comment by Bonnie W. who would make this recipe again.

Honestly I didn't make this recipe as it is written. Either it was stated incorrectly or they had to wait a long time for it to develope. Allowing the "brine" to cool is a mistake. It would take weeks for the pickles to become "pickled" this way. My grandmother had basicly the same recipe except she cut the onions into rings and also added some allspice and coarse ground black pepper to the mixture. Pack the cucumbers and onions into a jar and pour the brine mixture over them enought to cover them and screw the lid on tightly. When they cooled to room temperature, or until you could handle the jars with bare hands you put them in the refrigerator. Let them set at least overnight but the longer the better.

~ Comment by Ed M. who would not make this recipe again.

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