I know you have to cut off the ends to make the pickles not soggy when making cucumber spears…but if this is the case how do people pickle whole cucumbers?
Pickling whole cucumbers
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Best Answer
We (my family) never had a problem, cucumbers always turned out crispy. I don't have exact recipe, it's all "when it tastes just right", but here are general steps:
That's about it. Don't know which step is essential for crispness. For me and mine, this is what always worked.