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Preserving the Harvest - PICKLES!



Garlic Dills

1Qt Water
1/2 C Salt
1 C white vinegar
8-12 Pickling Cucumbers
Garlic & Dill to taste

1-2 Quart Size Mason Jars / Jars from Tomato Sauce or any Large container
(I used a plastic container initially and moved them to jars after I found some that would work)

Wash pickles, quarter and put in jars with garlic and dill.
Mix salt, water and vinegar and pour over pickles filling jars. (Any large jars will do.)

Leave pickles at room temperature for 3 days.
Refrigerate after that.

Sweet & Salty Slices (with mixed veggies)
sliced onions
green peppers, cut in strips
Green or Yellow Beans
Daikon Radish slices
AND
Enough sliced cucumber to fill a gallon jar (do not peel cucumbers)
4 c. sugar
3 c. vinegar
1/3 c. pickling salt (not iodized)
1 tsp. turmeric
1 1/2 tsp. celery seed
1 tsp. mustard seed

If you don't have a gallon jar you can also use Quart or Pint sized Mason jars...of course any jars will do as these will not be sealed.

Wash and slice veggies and put them in your jars.
(I made 1 jar with just yellow beans and onion slices, and put a mix of veggies in the other jars)

Mix sugar, vinegar and spices together in a pitcher or bowl with a spout until sugar is dissolved.
Pour liquid over vegetables in jar.

Mixture may not completely cover pickles, that's ok.
Refridgerate.

Ready to eat the next day.
Will keep all winter in refrigerator.
I
n the picture these don't look as yellow as they became later from the tumeric.
They are both very yummy!

Strawberry Jam!

This entry has its roots in an event that took place last autumn...
A good friend of mine is an avid jam maker...so as a part of the autumn festivities last October, a few of us decided it would be fun to get her to teach us some jam making techniques.
I had wanted to make hot pepper jelly for quite some time, so we picked out a recipie for that. Someone else proposed lavendar and peppermint jellies, and we also tried a rosemary garlic white wine jam - these using herbs from our gardens.
Yes, we started out a little on the ecclectic side - not a fruit in sight. Although, some would argue that the peppers really are berries. All of those turned out so well that the jam making bug took hold.
On Saturday a couple of us got together again - this time for STRAWBERRY JAM!!!! MMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, yeah, we did add rhubarb to one of the batches we made - it just made the flavor a slight bit more lemony/acidy and very delicious!
Let me tell you, there is NOTHING quite as good as homemade strawberry jam on toast!
And it's EASY!!!! I can't wait to try making Raspberry, blueberry, peach the options are endless!
I'll never have to buy preserves again!