at home with ann

I love pickles.  Sour dill, sweet bread and butter, all kinds.  I have absolutely no idea how to do traditional canning with the hot water and sealing the jars and all that, so it thought I couldn't make them at home. I was excited to see one of my favorite food blogs, Smitten Kitchen , make refrigerator pickles that seemed easy, were ready in a few hours, and required no weird jar boiling. After a mishap with my first batch of pickling cucumbers (I procrastinated and left them in the fridge too long so they went bad), this week I was ready to go.  I did have to buy a couple of ingredients to stock my spice cabinet (mustard seeds and celery seeds), but it was totally worth it. Bread and Butter Pickles from Smitten Kitchen Ingredients: 1 pound pickling cucumbers, sliced 1/4 thick 1/2-1 large sweet onion, thinly sliced 1/4 cup kosher or sea salt 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup white vinegar 1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric 1 Tablespoon mustard seeds 1 Tablespoon coriander ...