For preserving a 1 litre jar of cucumbers or green tomatoes you need about 1/2 litre of salt water, so I am going to write the ingredients that you need for that. The quantity of cucumbers or tomatoes really depends on the size. You don’t actually need that much and is very simple to do. It takes about 3 weeks for the pickles to be done, but if you put them somewhere in the sun it takes even less, about 2 weeks. Ingredients cucumbers/green tomatoes (to fit in a 1 litre jar) 1/2 litre water 30g salt 1 teaspoon black peppercorns 1 teaspoon white wine vinegar 1 bayleaf 1 garlic clove 1 teaspoon dry thyme 1 teaspoon mustard seeds 1/2 teaspoon sugar a few slices of horseradish root Directions Boil the water with the salt and the bayleaf and let it cool down. In the meantime, put the cucumbers or the tomatoes in the jar and add all the other ingredients. One important thing to do here, if you pickle tomatoes, pierce them a few …