Cucumbers in ice water for a couple hours before slicing and packing them in jars.

Sliced and ready to go. I lopped off the ends to make them fit into pint jars and then sliced the ends to make a pint of sliced pickles as well.

Jalapenos also sliced and ready (remember to wear gloves when working with hot peppers!).

My prep station for the cucumbers. I made basic dill pickles and put some slivers of jalapeno in a few jars since I like my pickles with a little kick. The main ingredients are vinegar, water, salt, garlic, dill weed, and dill seed. I also used some pickle crisp (the white stuff in the jar) since I have heard good things about it from other people. I'm hoping it will do a good job of keeping my pickles crisp and tasty.

The jalapenos didn't need a prep station. I just mixed all the ingredients in a pot, brought it to a boil, the poured it over the jalapenos that I packed in the jars. The ingredients for the jalapenos were vinegar, water, salt, olive oil, and pickling spice. Super easy.
Finished jars. I got five pints of dills and four and a half pints of jalapenos. I can't wait to see how they turn out!


I swear that one of the these days I will get some decent pictures up here. I have my camera back, but since our computer was stolen when my husband's truck got broken into while on vacation, I can't transfer the pictures. The computer I am currently using doesn't have a handy little place to plug in the memory card and we can't find the cord for the camera. Someday I will remember to pick up a new cord so that people will be able to see that I can actually get a subject in focus when I'm not stuck using my phone for a camera.
4 comments:
Nice Canning... I think your pics. are great!
They look great. They look so pretty in the jars. I remember my mother making pickles; this is just not for me.
I think your pictures look great, makes me sad I did not make picles this year.
As far as your lack of cukes, do you have squash bugs? maybe they are sucking the root and not giving the plant what it needs to produce.
I am so glad you found me through the New York Times, it looks like we are two peas in a pod!
I am on my way to read more of your blog!
The Park Wife
I'm not sure what the issue is for my cukes. Everything else that is planted nearby is doing fine. I haven't had any trouble with my zucchini, pumpkins, or acorn squash... just the cucumbers. They are even planted right near by beehive so you would think they would get pollinated well but the bees completely ignore them.
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