Last week, after being blessed with many cucumbers from the Pollocks, we set aside a day to make pickles!! 
Mmmm! 
Three sisters pickling
The battle of the cucumbers!!
Looking a bit bored?
"Have a pickle!"
...and a few more...
Making the brine
Another cucumber?? I thought they were all gone!
Time to put them in!
Wouldn't want to take a bath in that!
Time to take them out.
Ah!! We made some dill from a mix (Warning...never make pickles from a mix), Bread and Butter from scratch, and more dill-- from Sarah's made-up recipe. (A lot better than the mix!) :)
While we had the mess, we decided to make jam out of last year's strawberries.
We made it with no suger, using honey as a sweetener. It turned out really good!!
This is what happens when you are in a hot kitchen all day. . .
And... the picture of the day
We walked in the kitchen and saw this. We all cracked up. Apparently Rosie got bored and decided the pot-holder did not look quite right in the drawer. :)
8 comments:
Oh, my stars! It's the Phantom Pot Holder! Girls, these home-made goodies look so good! I'll be looking forward to getting a sampling! Productive maidens of virtue!
Grandmother (who is the Phantom Exclamation Pointer!)
Oh, my stars! It's the Phantom Pot Holder! Girls, these home-made goodies look so good! I'll be looking forward to getting a sampling! Productive maidens of virtue!
Grandmother (who is the Phantom Exclamation Pointer!)
Looks like alot of "fun", "hard", work and alot of fruits from your labor. How Wonderful!!
I wish there was a way to can all these watermelons that are in the field now, cause as soon as we sell them all, we will want them back!! Nothin like an ice cold melon when it's 100 degrees outside. We've got plenty if ya need more.
Love you all,
Mrs. P
Yum! Seeing all that food is making me hungry . . .
Samantha and I made strawberry jam awhile ago - but I regret to say that it used sugar. I don't suppose you could send me the recipe with the honey variation?
We have made pickles before but we were never able to get them to come out right, so last year I asked a friend of mine, that makes the best pickles that I have ever had to teach me how and she had me over for a pickle making. I found out that my cucumbers were to big so now I know that if I have any cucumbers this year I need to pick them while they are small! :)
Hello Erica!
Yes,we have many a batch of jam with sugar. The recipes use huge amounts, don't they? :) We just bought pectin that had the option of using apple or white grape juice instead of sugar. We then subtituted honey until it was sweet enough. :)It is not a firm as store-bought jam, and is easier to spread as well. (A result of the honey) But it sets very well. Everyone loves it.:)
Good luck!
Hello Amanda!
Yes, small pickles are much better! We have a couple jars of large ones, and they are rather mushy.:) Also, if you only hot-water-bath them for 5 minutes rather then the typical 10, then they are crispier. :)
~Sarah~
Thanks for the tip Sarah, I will have to try that next time.
awww what a bonding experience ( : thats what i'll have to try next...pickeling
luv yall ~ julia
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