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[dreamflower]

Here are the pickles I made on Sunday with the last of our cukes. Also, a rare pic of Sugar sleeping, for shirebound...

More pickles The pickles on the left are kosher dills; you can't tell, but there are two rows of pickles there--eight jars of sliced and three of whole. On the right are my lime pickles. (They don't have the fruit lime in them. The cukes are soaked in white lime powder before being rinsed and then soaked in ice water. They are a very crunchy and delicious sweet pickle.)

another view You can kind of see the back rows in this pic.

MY snoozedog She was sleeping hard last night, and didn't crack an eye open at the camera's whirr.

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[shirebound]

Kosher dills! *drools*

Awwww, look at your snoozedog! What a comfy bed.

[dreamflower]

They aren't terribly hard to make, either.

She loves her bed. She snuzzles it all over and then bunches it up before she goes to sleep on it.

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

Pickles! They look great.

And Sugar looks so cozy.

[dreamflower]

Thanks. I thought they came out a particularly pretty batch myself.

She was. It's unusual for her not to wake up when I get the camera out, but she seemed to be really tired last night.

[harrowcatliz.livejournal.com]

You are one busy and talented lady! But I have to admit to ignorance and curiosity ....what makes them Kosher?

Another snuggly doggie!

[dreamflower]

Well, they aren't "Kosher" in the sense of being prepared under rabbinical supervision, but they are "kosher" with a little -k, because they are made with garlic as well as dill, while regular dills don't have garlic in them. I am not absolutely certain how come they are called kosher. Perhaps originally they all were actually Kosher with a big -K.

She is rather snuggled up in that pic, isn't she?

[baranduin.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm ... kosher dills.

Thanks for clarification re lime ... coz I would have thought they were pickled lime, which is delicious :-)

[dreamflower]

That's why I did clarify-- it's what most folks think. I first made them several years ago. They are sort of time-intensive. You put a cup of pickling lime (and yes, you just buy like that, among all the other canning and pickling supplies) into a couple of gallons of water and soak the sliced cukes overnight. The next day, they are rinsed thoroughly, and soaked another three or four hours in ice water. Then you mix up a pickling syrup of equal parts vinegar and sugar along with your spices, boil it, drain the cukes and soak them in *that* for another five or six hours. Finally, you cook them in the syrup for about a half hour before canning and processing them.

But, oh golly, they are worth the time!

[pandemonium-213.livejournal.com]

But, oh golly, they are worth the time!

Yes. Yes, they are. :^)

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

ooooh, kosher dills!!!! *whines piteously for one*

naww...doggie!

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Your dog is adorable!

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Awww, I love sleepy puppy pics! And yum, dill pickles!

[pandemonium-213.livejournal.com]

YOU MADE LIME PICKLES!!! *Squeeeeeeeee!* They are beautiful! And Snoozedog is a cutie. I wish I could take a nap like that in the middle of the day.

[lilybaggins.livejournal.com]

It looks like you're running a general store there! :)

It's interesting that the pickles are such different colors.