3 summer bread butter pickles Recipes

turkey bacon , cut crosswise into 1/4-inch strips (or vegetarian bacon!), potatoes, shredded, tomatoes, seeded and diced, dill pickles, diced, whole wheat bread, smart balance butter spread, melted (can be more or less), eggs, salt and pepper (to taste), salad greens

cucumbers (4- to 5-inch pickling cukes or 1 to 1 1/2 inch diameter zucchini or summer squash), onions, thinly sliced (about 3 lb), salt (pickling type ), vinegar (5 percent), sugar, mustard seeds, celery seeds, turmeric, ground, pickling lime (optional, for use in variation below for making firmer pickles) (optional)