Do you want a dill, sweet, or bread and butter flavored recipe?

With only getting a few cukes at a time you'll need it to be a refrigerator-type recipe - a big jar of brine that you can just add the cukes to as you get them and keep it in the fridge.

The easiest way to go IMO would be to pick up a pack or 2 of one of the Mrs. Wages pickle mixes (dill, garlic dill, bread & butter), make the brine according to pack directions and and fill a 1/2 gallon jar with it, then clean and trim the cukes as you pick them and put them in the jar.

You can also just make up a big jar of 100% vinegar (we prefer cider but either works) and add several heads of fresh dil, a few cloves of garlic and even a small sliced onion to it and insert the cukes as you pick them. Be sure to snip off the blossom end of the cuke.

Ignore the recipes you see on the web that call for more water than vinegar - they are unsafe.

Dave

Could I use that same method but using zucchinis? I got a late start on my garden this year and only one of my cucumber plants survived. I do however, get lots of zucchinis.
Donna

Not whole zukes (likely wouldn't fit into the jar ;) but slices or spears - sure. There are lots of recipes for pickled zucchini.

We actually prefer pickled zuke strips as they stay crisper than the cukes do because they have less water in them.

Just don't dilute the vinegar or safety issues arise. If you use the Mrs. Wages mixes you can can them in quarts, process, and shelf store. Otherwise keep in the fridge.

Dave

Thanks digdirt, that was just what I was looking for. I will do it tommrrow.