Slices

• 1). Rinse the pickling cucumbers thoroughly in water.
  
  
• 2). Cut off 1 inch from the top and bottom of the cucumber. Discard the ends.
  
  
• 3). Set a cucumber on a cutting board.
  
  
• 4). Cut the cucumber into round slices that are ¼ -inch thick.
  
  
• 5). Toss slices into the brine and process according to your pickling recipe.
  
  

Spears

• 1). Rinse pickling cucumbers thoroughly in water.
  
  
• 2). Cut 1 inch off from the each end of the cucumber. Discard ends.
  
  
• 3). Lay the cucumber down on the cutting board.
  
  
• 4). Cut the cucumber in half lengthwise.
  
  
• 5). Turn the cucumber halves onto their cut sides.
  
  
• 6). Cut the cucumbers in half lengthwise again.
  
  
• 7). Toss spears into the brine and process according to your pickling recipe.