24 Steps to Can Bread 'n Butter Pickles

Step 9, Pour off the Brine

After you have collected your pot of batches with the onions and salt mixed in, you will need to wait for 3 hours for the action of the salt to take place. This three batches of cucumbers rendered out some 8 cups of liquid. Here we pour out that liquid. We pour here into a 4 cup measuring cup to give you an idea of how much liquid will be removed by the action of the salt. Normally we would use a colander to catch any slices that escape in this step. After the photo was taken Paul took over the step but used Bernice's additional two hands to keep the slices from all tumbling out into the sink.