Bread and Butter Pickles

Its been a slow month over at jerk castle in the cooking department. . . mostly because we've both had to work on the weekends, we went away for our wedding anniversary and then had my sister's wedding last weekend . all good things (except for the work) so i cannot complain, but i am missing our cooking time and am excited now that thanksgiving recipes are everywhere.

We did have a chance to buy a perfect mason jar for pickling at a great little kitchen supply store, The Chef's Shop, in Great Barrington where we were celebrating our anniversary. I had already bought many kirby cucumbers this summer only to never get around to pickling but last Saturday we finally got the job done.

here is a pic of what it looks like before adding the brine mixture:

And after adding all the liquid and set to go into the fridge- spices settle on the bottom but move around once jar is mixed a bit:

We used a Tyler Florence recipe from his show Tyler's Ultimate-

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/homemade-bread-and-butter-pickles-recipe/index.html

The pickles are very tangy and sweet. i like a garlic pickle better than a bread and butter, but these were good and fun to make. . . next is the garlic variety so keep posted.