Wednesday, June 27, 2012

iPickled

This weekend I attempted my FIRST EVER canning.  I've cooked down fruit with sugar and put that in jars, but never canned on my own.   My Mom canned when I was a child....but that's a long time ago. 



My friend has a wonderful garden that was started early in a greenhouse in February.  A few days ago I checked the status of the pickles and they were all rather tiny.   Saturday they were ready to be picked in an assortment of sizes!   I cut the large pickles into "hamburger slices" and the smaller pickles into spears. 

For my first attempt I didn't want to use a recipe that I was unsure of so I just picked up a packet of Mrs. Wages Kosher Dill Pickles.   After a little more canning experience I'll venture into creating my own recipes. 

In my little house there's only a 2-burner stove...and one of those burners is not working.   The larger one of course!   It was VERY challenging to time everything and bring the water to a boil on the smaller burner.  Perhaps it's time to look into getting that repaired or a new stove-top.   Going from being a 4-burner girl to 2 burners has been quite an adjustment!


And here they are!   My first ever dill pickles! 

(Try not to picture a 51-year old 6'1" woman doing the happy dance in the kitchen when they were done.  It might ruin the effect.) 



4 comments:

  1. Very nice! I am slowly getting into canning and freezing also, mostly out of necessity though. :) This just makes me wish my cucumbers were ready now!

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    1. Kayla, just wait. Soon you will have more pickles than you know what to do with! We do. Next year we won't plant as many plants!

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  2. I really wish I planted these type of cucumbers! Looks so good!

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    1. I wonder if it's not too late to plant them? They grow so quickly in good soil. These are at my friends house. At my house they are growing very slowly but I have clay in my soil.

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