Pickle Quickies
By
Marcia McCance
@mmccance
1
Mom cut this daily Heloise article out of the Canton Repository. I don't know the date but I remember her trying this one and talking about it. I remember reading the clipping, too. I also remember her raving about the results and making them again, and again, for some time, until she got tired of them. I don't recall eating them myself... Maybe because Mom was hiding them and eating them all on her own! LOL
Ingredients
- left over pickle juice (any kind)
- 1
- left over pickle jar
- 1
- cucumber
- 1
- 1 onion (optional)
- salt
How to Make Pickle Quickies
- 1Peel and thinly slice one cucumber (and one onion, if desired.)
- 2Sprinkle with salt and let stand for 3 hours, then pour off the liquid.
- 3Heat leftover pickle juice to boiling point and add cucumber and onions. Heat through but do not boil
- 4Pack in leftover pickle jar and store in refrigerator.
- 5Yield: approximately one and one-half pints of pickle "quickies."
- 6NOTE: Bits of pickled onion and second time leftover juice add zip to macaroni, potato, and mixed green salads. Laura J. Leonard
- 7NOTE FROM HELOISE II: Laura, you're a sweetie. I tried this, except I didn't boil the pickle juice and cucumbers, just poured the juice in a jar. Boy, were they good! The only suggestion I might make is to rinse and drain the cucumbers so they won't be too salty. OUTSTANDING!
