Pickle, It's Not Just a Funny Word
Some people have a can do attitude. The Boom clan has a can can attitude. Or something.
For those with victory gardens, spoils are reaped. Mentioned that we have some pickling cucumbers. Time to pickle. Below is a picture of but a small sampling of the many cucumbers the garden has yielded. I decided to take a picture of only a limited number, and frankly of the ones that wouldn't make the photo shoots of less secure gardners.
I assure you-- ASSURE-- that in no way is that the total of all cucumbers grown to date.
The next step was to sterilize jars and prepare the brine.
Skipping ahead, you want to chop all of the cukes into slices if they're of the small sampling like those pictured above, or into spears if they're like the vast majority of the rest of my harvest. You can also prepare the garlic and hot peppers while the brine comes to a boil. Results:
Now comes the fun part. Assembly includes jamming as many cucumbers into the jar as possible. Then you throw the your seed all over it. Get your head out of the gutter!
Repeat as desired...
Hopefully you've sterilized the lids. If so, seal and throw in the boiling bath for 15 minutes or so. My first 3 jars.
Lest you reach cucumber complacency, there are always green beans and asparagus just begging to be pickled.
And if you're feeling very ambitious (a/k/a "boomish"), you can also brine yourself up some custom pepper sauce.
Let sit for 6 weeks, you're good to go.
For those with victory gardens, spoils are reaped. Mentioned that we have some pickling cucumbers. Time to pickle. Below is a picture of but a small sampling of the many cucumbers the garden has yielded. I decided to take a picture of only a limited number, and frankly of the ones that wouldn't make the photo shoots of less secure gardners.
I assure you-- ASSURE-- that in no way is that the total of all cucumbers grown to date.
The next step was to sterilize jars and prepare the brine.
Skipping ahead, you want to chop all of the cukes into slices if they're of the small sampling like those pictured above, or into spears if they're like the vast majority of the rest of my harvest. You can also prepare the garlic and hot peppers while the brine comes to a boil. Results:
Now comes the fun part. Assembly includes jamming as many cucumbers into the jar as possible. Then you throw the your seed all over it. Get your head out of the gutter!
Repeat as desired...
Hopefully you've sterilized the lids. If so, seal and throw in the boiling bath for 15 minutes or so. My first 3 jars.
Lest you reach cucumber complacency, there are always green beans and asparagus just begging to be pickled.
And if you're feeling very ambitious (a/k/a "boomish"), you can also brine yourself up some custom pepper sauce.
Let sit for 6 weeks, you're good to go.
posted by Max Boom | 9:56 PM
1 Comments:
This reminds me of my grandfather's pickles. I wish I had enough space for a cucumber garden. I might just have to start anyway.
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