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My cucumbers have been incredibly prolific. I've been putting them in salads and frying some for the hubby.
They keep on coming and coming. The other evening I put up a big batch of bread-and-butter refrigerator pickles just to get some of them used up. (I have a great old recipe I've been using for years that's very simple.)
But still they keep on coming, so I had decided today to put up a batch of sweet pickles. All I have are jelly jars, so it's going to be lots of small jars. Then I couldn't find my jar lifter. I *thought* it was out in the garage with my water-bath canner, but nooo... So I'm making do with barbecue tongs. NOT the same thing at ALL. I did find my magnetic lid lifter, though!
The first batch is processing now, and I am going to put some more in when they come out. But I think I will STILL have some cukes left.
In other garden news, we've had two tomatoes so far. The rest are still green. We have an eensy baby canatlope, and teeny-weeny little beans. And after having squash almost as prolific as the cukes, it is finally coming to an end. But I still have several squash left.
Oops! There's the timer. Need to see if the barbecue tongs will get those jars out!
ETA The barbecue tongs worked OK, but not as good as my jar lifter. But I didn't drop any and I didn't scald myself, so that's all right. And it's so lovely to hear the pop!pop!pop! of the lids, letting me know that all my jars are safely sealed!!!
They keep on coming and coming. The other evening I put up a big batch of bread-and-butter refrigerator pickles just to get some of them used up. (I have a great old recipe I've been using for years that's very simple.)
But still they keep on coming, so I had decided today to put up a batch of sweet pickles. All I have are jelly jars, so it's going to be lots of small jars. Then I couldn't find my jar lifter. I *thought* it was out in the garage with my water-bath canner, but nooo... So I'm making do with barbecue tongs. NOT the same thing at ALL. I did find my magnetic lid lifter, though!
The first batch is processing now, and I am going to put some more in when they come out. But I think I will STILL have some cukes left.
In other garden news, we've had two tomatoes so far. The rest are still green. We have an eensy baby canatlope, and teeny-weeny little beans. And after having squash almost as prolific as the cukes, it is finally coming to an end. But I still have several squash left.
Oops! There's the timer. Need to see if the barbecue tongs will get those jars out!
ETA The barbecue tongs worked OK, but not as good as my jar lifter. But I didn't drop any and I didn't scald myself, so that's all right. And it's so lovely to hear the pop!pop!pop! of the lids, letting me know that all my jars are safely sealed!!!