What can I do with all my garden cucumbers?

Table of Contents:

1. What can I do with all my garden cucumbers?
2. What can I do with too many cucumbers?
3. How do you can cucumbers without pickling?
4. How long can you keep cucumbers before pickling?
5. Can I use regular cucumbers for pickles?
6. Can Burpless cucumbers be used for pickles?
7. How do you fix pickles that are too sour?
8. Why are my pickles not sour?
9. Can you eat pickles that didn't seal?

What can I do with all my garden cucumbers?

10 Easy Ways to Use Cucumbers

1. Add them to smoothies. Cucumbers are cool, mild, and refreshing making them an excellent choice for summertime smoothies.
2. Pickle them. ...
3. Make frozen treats. ...
4. Toss them in drinks. ...
5. Make gazpacho. ...
6. Ferment them. ...
7. Try a different cucumber salad. ...
8. Add them to a stir fry.

What can I do with too many cucumbers?

For an easy, freezable dip option to use up some of your excess Cucumbers, try making this 5 Ingredient Tzatziki Dip with shredded Cucumbers, Greek yogurt, dill, lemon juice, and garlic! You can eat tzatziki dip with fresh cut veggies and pita bread, or spread it on sandwiches, burgers, and pita wraps.

How do you can cucumbers without pickling?

These dehydrated cucumber chips are a simple and shelf-stable way to preserve cucumbers without canning. You can keep it simple with just a little salt or pepper. Or spice it up a little by mixing up different flavors. Learn how to make Cucumber Chips!

How long can you keep cucumbers before pickling?

about two weeks

Can I use regular cucumbers for pickles?

You can pickle any kind of cucumber, but because of the moisture content in slicing and English cucumbers, they will be more mushy but they will still taste great.

Can Burpless cucumbers be used for pickles?

Burpless cucumbers are not suitable for making fermented pickles because they produce an enzyme causing the pickles to soften during fermentation. Smaller burpless cucumbers with small seeds may be suitable for making quick-process pickles.

How do you fix pickles that are too sour?

If a pickle recipe comes out quite sour for your taste, don't be tempted to dilute the vinegar with water (or more water than called for) the next time you make it. That would reduce the safety. Instead, there's an easy way to fix the taste: just fool the taste buds by adding sweetener to mask some sourness.

Why are my pickles not sour?

Not fermenting in the right temperature. Too cold and fermentation doesn't happen, too warm and it will take too quickly and your pickles will over ferment. This can cause mushiness and hollowing of the pickles.

Can you eat pickles that didn't seal?

No need to throw them out. You can either reprocess them if it has been less than 24 hours but it will make them softer, or you can refrigerate them. Waiting 2 months isn't necessary for any reason. That's your choice.