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pickles.

there are so many cukes in my garden.

last night i finally did something with them.

it's pickle season y'all. 

yield: 

Makes 4 pint (500 mL) jars

ingredients:

8-10 small pickling cucumbers (about 3pounds/1.5kg)

2 cups (500 mL) white vinegar

2 cups (500 mL) water

2 tablespoons (25 mL) pickling salt

4 heads fresh dill or 4 teaspoons dill seeds (20 mL)

4 small cloves garlic

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preparation:

1. Cut a thin slice from the ends of each cucumber

2. Meanwhile, combine vinegar, water, and salt in a saucepan and bring to a boil.

3. Remove hot jars from canner.
Place 1 head fresh dill or 1 tsp (5 mL) dill seeds and 1 clove garlic into each jar; pack in cucumbers.
Pour boiling vinegar mixture over cucumbers to within 1/2 inch (1 cm) of rim (head space).
Process 10 minutes for pint (500 mL) jars and 15 minutes for quart (1 L) jars

tip:

1.Garlic may turn blue or green in the jar.
Nothing to be alarmed about, it is only the effect of the acid on the natural pigments in the garlic.

2. Pickling salt is free of the additives found in table salt, which can discolor homemade pickles.
If you use regular table salt, the pickles will taste fine, but they may turn dark, with cloudy liquid.
Do not substitute kosher salt, as the difference in texture can result in incorrect measurements.

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pickles

to the conservationist.

Please don't take your Prius to the drive-thru.

 

 

 

"Why should conservationists have a positive interest in…farming? 
There are lots of reasons, but the plainest is: Conservationists eat. 
To be interested in food but not in food production is clearly absurd. 
Urban conservationists may feel entitled to be unconcerned about food production because they are not farmers. 
But they can’t be let off so easily, for they are all farming by proxy. 
They can eat only if land is farmed on their behalf by somebody somewhere in some fashion. 
If conservationists will attempt to resume responsibility for their need to eat,
 they will be led back fairly directly to all their previous concerns for the welfare of nature. ”

Wendell Berry

Conservationist and Agrarian
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