Revision of my fermentation project.

I have decided to make fermented cucumbers (pickles) because my family is really big on salads and anything new to go with our dinner.

I have found a few websites and YouTube videos that I hope can help me out. I have attached a link to this blog just in case if anyone wanted to see how I got my ideas. I will will post pictures and comments as I proceed with my project.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRAkVuSwnd4

The ingriedients that I will need are:

1. Cucumbers
2. Dill
3. Bell pepper
4. Garlic
5. Mustard green leaves
6. Salt water brine
7. Jar
8. Time

How to go about:

1. Gather all ingredients
2. Make salt water brine (water and table salt)
3. Wash all veggies and get them prepared
4. Peel the garlic and chop up the bell pepper into squares
5. Prepare jar
6. Take the dill and put it into the jar first
7. Put 2 or 3 cloves of garlic into your jar next
8. Then, put the green bell pepper pieces (4-5 pieces) into the jar
9. Put the cucumbers standing up into the jar....fit in as many as you can...use the small ones first
10. Use the brine and fill the jar to the top with it
11. Use the mustard green leaves to hold down everything in the jar so it makes everything snug
12. Wait one week

I have decided to make garlic pickles for my project. I chose to do this because my family makes a lot of different salads that are fermented over months, like cabbage and red peppers in vinegar and oil and other traditional recipes my mom uses, so I thought I can try this and possibly introduce it to my family and to any of my classmates that haven't tried garlic pickles. I am going to need cucumbers, jars, canning salt, peppercorns, water, white vinegar, cloves of garlic, grape leaves and time!

I am pretty excited about this, I love pickles!