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Sweet and Sour Zucchini Pickles

You know how everyone makes zucchini jokes? About so many they are going Ninja at night and throwing them on neighbors porches? That doesn’t seem to happen here. Of all my plants, my summer squash I work the hardest with and often don’t a ton back. I think it just comes down to where we… Continue reading Sweet and Sour Zucchini Pickles

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Bread and Butter Pickles

Bread and Butter Pickles Ingredients: 4 pounds pickling cucumbers 2 pounds sweet onions 1/3 cup fine sea salt 2 cups granulated sugar 2 Tbsp mustard seed 2 tsp ground turmeric 1 tsp ground ginger 1 tsp black peppercorns 3 cups apple cider vinegar Directions: Soak cucumbers in cold water, wash off and drain. Trim off… Continue reading Bread and Butter Pickles

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Canned Spiced Pickled Beets

Canned Spiced Pickled Beets Ingredients: 3 bunches beets, smaller ones, about 20-22 total 3 cups thinly sliced sweet onion (half moon shape) 2 cups granulated sugar 3 sticks cinnamon, broken in half 1 Tbsp mustard seed 1 tsp whole allspice 1 tsp whole cloves 1 tsp sea salt 2½ cups apple cider vinegar (5% acidity)… Continue reading Canned Spiced Pickled Beets

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Pickled Red Grapes With Rosemary

Pickled Red Grapes with Rosemary Ingredients: 3 pounds seedless red grapes (weigh after de-stemming/cleaning) 2 cups apple cider vinegar 2 cups water 4 tsp pickling salt (or kosher) 4 tsp organic granulated sugar 8 3″ sprigs fresh Rosemary Directions: Jars & Lids – Wash and rinse the jars; put them into a big stockpot; cover… Continue reading Pickled Red Grapes With Rosemary