Hey everybody, it's Julia and I'm here my
mama, Karen and today, we're going to make
some pickles.
Dill pickles.
Dill pickles, yes.
My famous dill pickles.
My mom's been making dill pickles for over
30 years, so she's going to teach us how today.
The first thing I did this morning was put
the jars in the dishwasher on the sanitize
cycle and they're just finished, they'll stay
hot in there until we need them.
So these are the medium sized pickling cukes.
Mom, would you say that this is the I 'dill'
size for dill pickles?
yes.
We've got everything ready, it's time to put
the pickles in the jars.
Make sure that the dishwasher stays nice and
hot and that all the other jars stay in there,
so we've got to be quick.
Ready?
We going to do two at a time.
Okay, so what we do, we put a little bit of
this, a little bit of that.
And then start loading up with the big ones
in the bottom.
Stuff in as many as you can.
Put the big ones in the bottom, then the medium
then the next size.
You want to leave probably about a half inch
at the top of pickle free zone.
This is when the little ones come in handy.
So anyways, that's probably about good enough.
Is that okay?
Yep, perfect.
I'm going to put the brine onto the pickles.
Not right up to the top, you have to leave
about a quarter of an inch of head space.
Just gently tighten and then because it's
actually the seal that seals it, it's not
by screwing this on tight that makes it seal.
And it won't seal if you screw it on too tight,
it needs room to contract.
Then leave them over here out of the way and
they will cool and you'll hear the lid pop
down, you'll hear a pop sound.
And it can take up to 24 hours.
And you'll hear a little pop and the dimple
will go slightly indented or flat.
If you get right down to eye level, you can
see that it's down.
Another test is to lift it up by the seal.
Do the tap test.
So this one has not been sealed, hear that
sound?
And this one has been sealed.
So the pickles will be ready in about 6 weeks.
Thankfully, we had some pickles pre made from
last year and they are delicious.
Cheers!
Cheers!
Mmmm.
And that's how you make a dill pickle.
