Cucumbers

[dreamflower]

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!!!

Comments

[shirebound]

Wish I could help you eat up those cukes!

[dreamflower]

I wish you could too!

[lily-the-hobbit.livejournal.com]

yum yum, cucumbers!!!! Mum brought me one of her home grown kohlrabi last week which I munched yesterday. I love home grown veg!!!

[dreamflower]

I'm not hugely fond of cukes alone, but the DH loves them, and I love sweet pickles! I haven't put any sweet pickles up in several years, so am really looking forward to these!

Kohlrabi! We grew those back when we still lived in Mississippi, and they were good! Haven't had any since then!

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

zomg! I LOVE cucumbers! And I love pickles even more! :)

[dreamflower]

Well, I have plenty! Wish I could share with you!

[songspinner9.livejournal.com]

Sigh. I wish cucumbers would do well in my yard (they don't, darn it). My string beans usually go bonkers, though.

I used to wait in the kitchen when we were making jam and stuff to hear the jar lids pop!

[dreamflower]

Is it your soil? We use raised beds and containers, and add lots of peat moss and extra soil. Or do you not have enough sun?

It's really fun hearing the lids pop!

[addie71.livejournal.com]

I admire your ambition! *sneaks in and grabs the bread and butter pickles*

[dreamflower]

Well, it's not so much ambition as it is I had a LOT of cucumbers!

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

Oh, you're making me hungry for pickles.

[dreamflower]

Wish I could send you some!

[obeliamedusa.livejournal.com]

Mmm, cucumbers. I used to take them to lab and eat them whole. People always looked at me funny, but I was too lazy to slice them up. :P

[dreamflower]

They smell so lovely when they are sliced, though! They have such a fresh smell.

[nancylea57.livejournal.com]

fried cucumbers? could you work that recipe into a hobbit story for us. would love to learn the secret and just love when you make them available through our friends.

[lilybaggins.livejournal.com]

We just got through canning about six quarts of fig preserves---fun! I wish they were cucumbers, though! I love fresh cucumbers.