Friday, July 30, 2010

pickles & popsicles

A friend of my mom's gave her a bunch of cucumbers...

Cucumbers

Earlier in the summer I had found my Granny's pickle recipe inside one of my Nana's cookbooks, so I decided to turn the cucumbers into Granny's Crispy Luncheon Pickles.

Mary Reese helped me slice cucumbers, onions & peppers...

PickleHelper

We added some salt & let them soak for 3 hours...

ZukesOnionPepper

Then we drained them & packed them into jars with some fresh dill sprigs.

I boiled some vinegar, sugar & spices.  Then poured the boiling vinegar mixture into the jars...

PickleReadytoSeal

I placed the jars in boiling water...

CanningPickles

...to seal.  After 15 minutes, I took them out & listened for them to pop...

Pickles

This summer has been a scorcher!  Just about each afternoon, we take a popsicle break.  Owen loves to see the popsicles flying out of the freezer...

OwieFudgePop

...I just wish he wasn't so messy...

PopMess

...but I usually just turn on the sprinkler to clean him up...

OwieSprinkler

He thinks that is pretty fun too!

1 comment:

Sue said...

We are lovin' our pickles! Thanks!