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I usually just make refrigerator dills - but growing up my parents canned the most wonderful pickles in so many varieties. Of all that they did though my favorites were called "Paprika Sticks" as a grown woman I wanted to make these myself - but no one could locate the recipe (folks stopped canning a few years prior) so I have searched in vain online for Paprika sticks. When my father recently passed away and I was going through some things with Mom, we came across the recipe! it is no wonder I could not find it online, there is absolutely no paprika in the recipe (unless it was copied wrong) This was originally my great aunt's recipe and likely her own creation.... Wash 18 med cukes, cut into sticks. cover with boiling water, set aside to stand over night. In morning pack into jars solidly (aprx 9 wide mouth quarts) ----- syrup 3 3/4 cup cider vinegar 6 cup sugar 3 TBL salt 4.5 tsp celery seed 4.5 tsp tumeric 3/4 tsp mustard seed ---- Boil 5 minutes - pour over the cukes seal in hot water bath for 5 min after coming to a boil. another recipe you might enjoy is one that I think I originally got from Country Magazine Cucumber and Radish salad peel 2 cucumbers - slice in half lengthwise and scrape out the seeds (I use a grapefruit spoon for this and it works great) slice into discs - stack and cut into julienne slices. clean and julienne slice radishes to equal 1 cup add in some diced red onion place inside medium glass bowl and add in a teaspoon of kosher salt (or sea salt or your preference) stir together in a separate small glass bowl combine 1/4 cup of apple cider vinegar, 1 teas sugar and 1.5 teas of olive oil (add some garlic and black pepper or other flavors that you like) stir together and mix into the cucumber/radish bowl. chill and enjoy This is also good with some shredded cheese added and placed on a cold sandwich.

I love cucumbers AGB but i am afraid I don't really like them pickled - just raw! One of these days I am going to grow my own! xxx

I was wondering what a cuke was. I planted some this year in our garden and are hoping they grow well. The plants are growing, but I don't know when to expect to see the 'cukes'. I've never thought about planting some for making dill pickles. Is there a certain kind you have to plant for that?

Cucumbers are very tasty and good during hot summer. I have to start my gardening. I am very late. My strawberries are almost ready. I guess I will have some in the beginning of June.

Here in my country Grandpa Bob, we are just not into pickling. If we want pickles, we buy them straight from the market. Our palate also is not into eating pickles and they are more of a garnish for us. 99.9% of us could or would only tolerate a little pickle. However, 99.9% of us also would eat cucumber by just peeling it & then slicing them thinly. We just add vinegar and maybe a dash of salt and that's it.

Congratulations, did you know your discussion made it on the top of today's Top Discussions!? I haven't grown a garden in years, but have decided to plant some tomatoe plants this year. Good luck with your cucumber plants.

I love pickles! I love cucumbers too! My mom used to make her own pickles and still does (just not every year). I have tried to can pickles a couple of times and they never seem to work- It's like th lids seal- then you can still pop them with your finger- and the pickles are mushy- I have given up- We still plants cucumbers- as we all love cucumbers! right out of the garden- peeled - washed- and eat!

My daughter loves cucumbers. I like them but only as a pickle. I have never heard the called cukes before though. We planted our garden in a new spot this year also because it will get more sun and we are doing some landscaping also. My husband doesn't get into landscaping and yard work like I do. He doesn't really care what everything looks like but I strive to make it do and look the best as possible. I was raised that way and he wasn't. We have come a long way in 16 years but he still has no interest in things like that, really. He tries to act like he does because of me, but I know better.

I'm not doing cukes this year. I asked hubby if he wants me to plant a couple when I saw the plants at Wally World this past weekend but he said no. I like to make relish out of them but have no recipes to share being I lost the only one I had. Have no clue to it's whereabouts at all.

I love cucumbers! I like them when they are still pretty small and they do not have a lot of seeds. I have never pickled my own cukes before. I do like to put slices of them into a mixture of vinegar, water, salt, pepper, and sliced onions and let them sit in the fridge at least over night which is kind of like pickling them. I will sometimes add a little sugar to the mix and make them more like bread and butter pickles.

I don't pickle them but did plant about 6 of the plants last summer.. We had cucumbers galore.. I took a basket of them eith me everytime I left the house so that I could give them away to friends and family.. I do need to learn to pickle them but since it is just thee two of us a jar of pickles will last for a month or more..

Love those cukes too..and to me they are like watermelon..so nice and juicy! I haven't pickled any, but if you do send me a recipe ok? Otherwise i'll just enjoy them the way they are!

I do love cucumber specially a fresh one or pickle cucumber. Though I wish I can plant them I live in a big city where you cannot find any extra land or lawn for our house to plant anything.

Cucumbers really are the best! They are one of my favorite vegetables too. I wsih I had a cucumber plant. I might try it out some time. :)