I am in the process of making pickles. I have a wonderful recipe that is just as good as Claussen and a LOT less expensive. These are refrigerator pickles, so they stay crisp and taste wonderful. I will post the recipe on the recipe blog, but I will also post it here.
Bring 3 cups water, 1 cup white vinegar, and 2 tbsp kosher or pickling salt to a boil.
In quart jars put:
1 clove garlic
1/4 tsp yellow mustard seed
4-6 black peppercorns
4-6 whole allspice
pinch of dill seed
sprig of fresh dill weed
small pinch of turmeric
1/4 tsp sugar or 1 sliced carrot
1/4 sliced onion
sliced cucumbers
Pour brine mixture over cucumbers. Leave at room temperature 1-2 days. Store in refrigerator.
Brine mixture makes enough brine for about 2 quarts of pickles. Buying all of the spices is expensive initially, but will make dozens of jars of pickles. Any clean jar with a lid can be used, not just canning jars. Regular cucumbers from the store work just fine. I usually buy fresh dill but dried dill can be used. I keep all of the spices together in a box and then it just takes a few minutes to make them.
I posted a recipe for Yogurt Smoothie on the recipe blog, but I don't think it showed up as a new post. The recipe is there and those of you with school kids should try it. It is so easy to make and tastes better than regular yogurt.
Also, call my phone at 210 827 5087 so I can put you in my phone directory. I don't have numbers for my sister or my nieces anymore.
2 comments:
I keep thinking I should call you but haven't yet. It isn't that I don't love you or don't think about you all of the time, it is just that life keeps getting in the way! My phone is dead right now or I would do it now.
Love you!
I keep forgetting to call you. My number is 303-819-9977. I will try and remember when it is a decent hour your time. :0
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