Grandmas Pickerel Recipes

Steps:

• Heat 1/8 inch of vegetable oil in two large cast-iron or heavy-duty frying pans over medium-high heat.
• Arrange three separate pie plates or shallow bowls for breading the fish. Combine flour, salt and pepper in one bowl, milk and eggs in another, and bread crumbs in the third bowl.
• Coat each fillet in the flour mixture, then dredge them in egg wash, then coat them well with bread crumbs.
• Place 4 fillets in each frying pan. Cook until golden brown, about 5 to 7 minutes per side. Drain on paper towels and serve immediately.

Steps:

• Slice cucumbers about 1/8 inch thick.
• Pour salt over cucumbers.
• Pour enough boiling water over all to cover.
• Stir and let stand 8 hours or overnight.
• Drain and discard brine.
• In a saucepan, combine vinegar, 1 cup sugar, spices and alum.
• Bring to a boil.
• Put cucumbers in a large glass jar or plastic bucket with lid or a stoneware crock.
• Pour boiling vinegar mixture over cucumbers.
• Cover and let stand.
• Next day, and each consecutive day for 5 days total, stir in one additional cup of sugar.
• Do not reheat when sugar is added.
• At the end of the 5th day, pickles are done and may be stored in covered jar.
• Do not seal jars.
• Pickles will keep indefinitely and get better with age.

Steps:

• 1.In small bowl, stir together oil, lemon juice, garlic, basil and onion. 2.Place fillets in shallow baking dish and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Spread oil and lemon mixture over the fish. 3.Bake fish in 450°F oven for about 10 minutes, or until fish is opaque.

Steps:

• Wash cucumbers using cloth and cold water.
• Drain, Place in large crock or pot.
• Mix 1 1/2 cups salt and 32 cups water to make 5% brine. If you need to, mix more in same proportions to cover cucumbers.
• Poor brine over cucumbers and let stand 24hrs, then drain.
• Wash and sterilize jars and lids. Keep jars in boiling hot water untill ready to use. Keep lids with seals in simmering (NOT BOILING)water untill ready to use.
• Combine Vinegar, 3/4 cups salt, sugar, and 9 cups water.
• Tie mixed pickeling spices in cheese cloth and add to vinegar, sugar, salt and water.
• Heat to boiling then discard cheese cloth.
• Pack cucumbers in clean HOT jars.
• Add 2 teaspoons mustard seed, alum, 1-2 garlic cloves, 3 heads dill or 1 tabelspoon dill seed to each jar.
• Cover with boiling water, filling jars 1/2" from top.
• Put seals and lids on, process in a canner. If you don't have a canner, you can cover the jars with BOILING water and place in your oven at 200F for about 20 minutes. The jars and liquid need to be hot in order for it to seal.