Comments on: Lady Ashburnham’s Relish

By: Angeline

Angeline — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 03:16:32 +0000

I am also from New Brunswick and this was my Dad’s favorite pickle and I made them for him all of the time, and yes. You absolutely need to drain the cucumbers and rinse them before adding them to the pot.

By: Rod

Rod — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 20:02:12 +0000

In reply to Mabel Steever.

These are pretty rough when eaten fresh. They are a very different pickle/relish after 6 – 12 months — flavors merge and mellow and turn out very nice, the recipe is very similar to the CBC web page “Make your own Lady Ashburn pickles” which my experience is based upon.

By: Sharon McLaughlin

Sharon McLaughlin — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 13:38:41 +0000

In reply to Anonymous. I am from New Brunswick where this recipe came from. You must drain the vegetables and rinse before you do anything else. The salt was added to get the water out of the cucumbers. Once everything is combined in the pot cook for 1 hour before you bottle it.

By: Krystle

Krystle — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 03:36:48 +0000

This recipe needs to be changed. My parents made a recipe similar to this where you took the water from the vegetables (which had been mixed with salt) and start your pickles from that. Every jar was dumped as they were much too salty. Any other Lady A pickle I have read explicitly states you should dump the water and rinse the vegetables. Please don’t use this recipe and I hope the owner of this recipe tries their own recipes.

By: Maryanne

Maryanne — Mon, 31 May 2021 01:04:18 +0000

This smells amazing-however, much more instruction should be here. As someone who has never made pickles before, I called my aunt to ask about it. She said to dump the cucumber water/brine and rinse the cucumbers before putting it in the pot with the rest of the ingredients. Despite her years of pickling experience, I followed this recipe instead. It was WAAAAAAY too watery! Lady Ashburnham pickles are supposed to have a thick sauce, not yellow coloured pickle brine. Although flavour is fine, it is overall disappointing. I love the thick sauce part too. There should be a lot more flour than this recipe states. I will not use this one again and search for something better.

By: Mabel Steever

Mabel Steever — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 12:52:31 +0000

My lady ashburham pickles are strong tasting, what could the problem be, and how to fix it.
Thanks

By: Korissa beyea

Korissa beyea — Mon, 11 May 2020 02:40:12 +0000

HELP! Iv never made pickles before and I want to make this recipe. I have cut up way more cucumbers then I need. I need to know how many cups 6 large cucumbers is.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:13:00 +0000

I just made that recipe and feel if you cut the vinegar but a half cup and the sugar by one half cup the mixture will have more body. Next batch I shall indeed try that approach. The taste in super but prefer a bit thicker consistency. Paul