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| Brynwood Needleworks - Thirteen Pounds of Pickling Cucumbers (Raw) |
The day began with thirteen pounds of pickling cucumbers. They were washed, sorted and then processed. Handsome and I did this together. Sharing the load always makes it easier (and more fun).
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| Brynwood Needleworks - Thirteen Pounds of Pickling Cucumbers (Processed) |
By early afternoon, we'd processed everything. We ended up with eight pints of bread & butter pickles; eight pints and one quart of kosher dill spears; and five pints and one quart of kosher dill pickles...and a farmhouse that smelled like a big pickle, too!
These are all the pickles I'll make this year. I also have tomatoes, applesauce, perhaps Concord grapes, crab apples, pears and/or plums, and more strawberry/rhubarb pie filling to can in my/our future. For now, I'm caught up and heading back to the studio...after my morning coffee.
Alot of hard work now but truly enjoy this winter. I used to can a lot and when I would open up a jar in the winter, it would take me back to that day.
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