Although making brined pickled cucumbers takes some time, you’ll be pleasantly surprised at that great ‘sitting on the front porch’ summertime flavor. Use the excess cucumbers from the vegetable garden, or fresh store bought cucumbers to brine into pickles. Start off by choosing the best looking cucumbers without dents, wrinkles, odd shapes and free from […]
Tag Archives: Pickling
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Dec
Dec
In recent years it has gotten more difficult to find pickled bologna in grocery stores. So I have had to get creative in order to enjoy my favorite treat. My solution- make pickled bologna at home. It is easier than you might think and in my opinion tastes much better than store bought. Here are […]
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Aug
Aug
Summer fresh cucumbers from the garden are great snacks, recipes and. . . garlic! Making dill, bread & butter or sweet salt is easy enough, but using pre-mixed seasonings takes all the guess work out. Seven quart barrels of brine in the summer using pre-mixed packs of mice and they are gone in a few […]
Don’t you just love hot peppers? I’m an avid gardener, and every year I plant 3 or 4 cayenne pepper plants so that I can eat them all year. I pick all the plants bare in late August and divide the peppers up into 2 piles. The green, red and yellow ones that are firm […]
The flavor of homemade pickles is far superior to any store bought pickles. Add some fresh dill, some fresh garlic, and you’ll never go back. Garlic Dill Salsa is easy to make. How To Make Salsa Purchase fresh and prepare immediately. Better yet, take cucumbers from your own garden, if you have grown them, or […]