Bread and butter pickles (cucumber overload)

[cukesahoy]

I would love to know if you have a recipe for bread and butter pickles that I can use for the 3-4 huge cucumbers leftover this season.

What I have in terms of ingredients is a little basic (white vinegar, pickling vinegar, mustard seeds, probably some tumeric, bay, cayenne, chilli flakes, pepper etc).

I haven't ever made pickles before. I have no canning equipment, but I do have jars.

I don't have pickling salt, but I do have normal salt.

This is why I need your help - the internet recipes are either homesteaders with a whole canning production line or people with a wider range of interesting ingredients than me.

So a simple, straight-forward, beginner-level recipe is what I need - please and thank you!

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/bread-butter-pickles

This one is nice and reasonably straightforward

Thanks Furble!

I think I was put off that one by the small cucumber specification whereas mine are aspiring marrows.
But I can see that it shouldn't make any difference.

I guess I am a little nervous about first-time pickling (and I hate vinegar - it's for DH), so a recipe that can be vouched for is appreciated, thanks.

I can vouch for the Goop recipe. My husband makes jars and jars every year.

goop.com/gb-en/recipes/bread-butter-pickles/

He uses ordinary sugar and salt.

I use the BBC good food one with full size cucumbers, its fine, delicious in fact.

When I made it with overly large cukes (there are always a couple that avoid detection when picking!), I halved and deseeded - didn't want lots of large seeds

Thanks for the Goop recommendation also. Maybe I will make a batch of each recipe!
Thanks also for the tip about gigantic cucumbers - I was a bit concerned about seeds ... I might have to peel also due to prickly skins.

This is my go to cucumber pickle recipe, it is amazing!

www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/grapevine/forum/in-the-kitchen/making-the-most/39625-sweet-cucumber-pickle

Thanks SlipperyLizard, I may give that recipe a try also.