Zucchini Pickles

These homemade pickles are squite impressive, especially given how easy they are to put together. Rodgers says she serves them with her hamburgers at Zuni Cafe but I am enjoying these with crackers and cheese.

Day-glo indeed! This makes a very pretty pickle, bright yellow with bright green. Almost a shame to keep it in the fridge - a cool place where it can be seen would be better. It is also very easy to make. And it tastes good, although it could have been a bit less sweet. My children loved it, probably partly because of the color.

As I've said before we love almost anything pickled around here. My sister makes wonderful zucchini pickles using our dilly bean brine recipe. I've made pickles similar to the brine used to make these zucchini pickles so I knew I wanted to try these. We thought they were very good. I can eat them just by themselves for a snack but I'm sure they'll also be good one sandwiches. I was afraid they'd be really sweet but the cider vinegar balances out the sugar.