Working Wounded

Sore shoulder or no, we will start drowning in vegetables if I don't do something. So working slowly today. These cucumbers slices are soaking in ice water to help their crispness before they become cold packed dills and cold packed bread and butter pickles. I still haven't done a full can on the pickles. I'm almost afraid to because I like the crunch from the cold packed ones so much. Afraid the canning process will make them mushy. Guess I'll get brave eventually.

I still have 3 large bags of cucumbers in the fridge even after slicing 56 of them up. Crazy.

Next will be the 5 bags of roma tomatoes begging to be peeled, diced and canned or frozen or made into yummy sauce or salsa.

Bread and Butter Pickles

Well, I did it, but I took the safe route for the first time aroud- I used the Ball mix for Bread and Butter pickles. We'll see how it tastes. Next time I'm eyeing another recipe and I'll share if it turns out.

Canning pickles?

I've been canning for a few years now, and seem to make new strides every year. Last year I embarked into the last of tomato and spaghetti sauce, which was awesome. This year, I'm growing pickling cucumbers for canning. Big K and I are the big pickle eaters in the house, loving all varieties....hubby likes sweet, not dill. To be most accommodating to the masses, then, sweet pickles are probably what we'll do, but I'm open to dill as well.

Have a recipe you can share? Looking for some tried and true great recipes! Thanks!