Our day was super busy. We went to town for a kraut burger to start the day.
Then home to finish our fall cleaning. Dusted, cleaned , pulled furniture out and vacuumed couches. Man, it was tiring. Next was a quick 20 minute nap and then canning pickles. Today I made dill - whole and sliced. I am pooped.
I bought a bushel of pickle cucumbers. I canned about 3/4 of them.
Dill from the garden.
Our garlic.
In the middle of it all Mr Man thinks he is 13 again and brought Mr Buttons in the house. I immediately put a stop to that!
Back to the pickles. I like garlic and dill in the jars first.
Packed them in tight.
I worked in batches. 8.5 cups of water, 4.25 cups of white vinegar, 1/2 cup pickling salt, handful of peppercorn, handful of dill seed from the garden. Boil up and remove from the heat. In each sterile jar I put a couple cloves of garlic and a dill weed. A few jars were spiked with hot pepper flakes. Pack tight with pickles. Pour the pickling brine over, put on sterilized seals and rings. Since we are at higher sea level I water bathed mine for 20minutes.
25 jars canned. Time to eat and sit for a bit and relax.
Hope you had a great day.
peace, health, and happiness.
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