Pressure cooker then into a pot pie is nice and tender. Never had them fried but looking at that pic makes me want to try it!
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You don't have to pressure can when pickling because of the high acid from the vinegar. Sounds like you did pretty much everything right. The only other thing other than what I mentioned earlier is using distilled water instead of tap. We usually have good success doing it that way.
What kind of cucumbers? The regular ones don't make crispy pickles. There's different things like cutting the ends off, using pickle crisp, 5% acidity vinegar, but I think the biggest thing is just starting with pickling cucumbers.