What cucumbers are best suited for pickling: the best varieties

Ideally, pickled cucumbers are juicy, crunchy, and firm. But no matter which recipe you choose, the result depends more on the variety of cucumbers.

The fact is that many housewives are confused and choose to pickle salad cucumbers, which is completely wrong. FoodOboz editorial staff collected information and will tell you how to choose the right cucumbers for pickling and what varieties of cucumbers are best for this purpose.

How are salad cucumbers different from pickle cucumbers?

There are several criteria that allow you to choose the right cucumbers for salting.

1. Color of the rind - give preference to fruits whose rind has a dark green hue without yellowing.

2. The presence and color of tubercles or thorns - if you want pickled cucumbers to be crispy, it is better to pickle cucumbers with black rather than white spikes. These are the kind of vegetables that absorb marinade well and turn out very juicy. Pickling cucumbers with white spikes is also possible, but they will not be as crispy.

3. Cucumber size - the ideal cucumbers for canning are those that do not exceed 10 centimeters in length.

4. The thickness of the skin - to understand whether cucumbers are suitable for pickling, you should try to pierce the skin of one vegetable with your fingernail. If it succeeds, but with difficulty, it is an ideal fruit for cooking.

5. Elasticity of the tail - it should be firm and slightly hard.

In terms of varieties, the best ones for pickling are:

• "Barrel pickle F1";
• Far East variety;
• F1 Jolly Guys;
• Hermann F1;
• Pickle Sour F1;
• Cuckoo F1; Courage F1;
• Courage F1;
• "Paris gherkin"
• Sources F1;
• "Phoenix".

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