How To Make Icebox Pickles
This goes out to the darling (and very pregnant) Lauren, and anyone else whos swimming in garden cucumbers at the moment. No garden? No worries. Hit up your local farmers market this weekend. Tis the season. I actually planted two varieties of cukes this year: an heirloom Armenian cucumber that Ive enjoyed juiced, sliced in salads, and most recently, as a refreshing aguas frescas ; and the smaller Kirby you see pictured above, for pickling. My garden runneth over. Someone asked me recently if I knew how to make pickles. Hello, Im Hungarian, arent I? I know this isnt unique to just us Magyars, but when I was growing up, we had a whole nuther kitchen down in the basement, complete with stove, oven, fridge and upright freezer. And in the summertime, one dark corner was lined with earthenware crocks of pickles in various stages of fermenting. Sometime later, maybe when I was in high school, Moms sister-in-law showed her another, faster way to make pickles... in the refrigerator . Sinc...