Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Pickles!

Our garden has been producing lots and lots of cucumbers and sometimes I am able to pick them before they become slicing size. I've been storing them in the bottom of the fridge for about a week (until the basket was full) and yesterday we made pickles for the first time!
First chop them up. Then they sit in the fridge under ice for a few hours while I get the canner going and boil the "brine." We just used a premixed packet of seasonings.
Here is the 25 week baby belly hot packing the first pickles in their jar. Thanks to Amy for bringing over her jar lifter and magnetic lid lifter.
Here are the first seven jars cooling while the last two take their boiling water bath. We'll be very interested to find out how they turn out!
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