Refrigerator Pickles

These won't last long!

Today at the office someone passing by my door said, "refrigerator pickles." Looking back, I am confident there were a few other words involved in some greater statement surrounding those two words, but it was those two that stuck with me. And I now know that the words we speak are powerful, because those two words changed the course of my day. 

Shortly after, in an email from Farmer Pete, I received an old family recipe for (you guessed it!) refrigerator pickles. And that's when I knew this was meant to be.  So after pick up at the farm, and a quick nap (because I have been feeling under the weather), I did some swift slicing. 

This is one of the simplest recipes ever.  I think the hardest part is waiting to eat them!  Here is the recipe:

Combine the following ingredients in a glass bowl, let sit for 1+ hours. Enjoy!

• 2 cups sliced cucumber
• 1 medium onion sliced
• 2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup Cider Vinegar
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon dry mustard

The finished product was tart and delicious -- it even tasted pretty familiar.  We decided that the flavor reminds us a lot of Subway's sweet onion sauce.  And it tastes great on a salad!  I cut up some fresh lettuce from the farm, along with green pepper and purple carrots (they are orange on the inside) also from the farm.  Then topped it with some onion and cucumbers from the pickle jar, and a bit of ranch. 

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