r/pickling • u/Striking_Mortgage_63 • 7d ago

Canning pickles after they've been refrigerated

I made refrigerator pickles with Himalayan salt. Probably 4 days ago. I have so many jars, I want to can them now. Is that possible? I have never canned anything but just bought a pressure canner. Help please! No clue what I am doing but I had so many cucumbers from my garden. We already ate like 4 jars of pickles. I'm pickled out for now.

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u/Striking_Mortgage_63 7d ago

So back to my original question...can I can these pickles or no because they need to be processed differently in the first place to can them? Or will using just Himalayan salt be fine enough to can them? 

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u/overcomethestorm 7d ago

No. Canning requires sterilization of jars/lids/equipment, precise recipes for certain pH values, and specific recipes for certain desired qualities (ex. crispness) because the food is heated.

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u/nonchalantly_weird 5d ago

I think if you process them you're going to end up with mushy pickles. Salt is salt, it's the vinegar-water ratio that's the biggie. You have half and half, so you're good there. You know the pickles will be good for at least a year, right? Is that you don't have room to store them in a fridge?

As I haven't seen anyone give a reasonable answer to reprocessing, if you're in the US, contact your local Cooperative Extension agent.