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taking the plunge...
...can't believe I did this, but I joined facebook today...so make me your friend people!!
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Sunday, August 2, 2009
Salsa Sunday...
Salsa Sunday...started with the past few days tomato crop...yes Dad those are all from my plants the past few days...eat your heart out!! (Although if you were closer, I'd share)
...First order of business was to remove the skins from the tomatoes...after much searching of the internet I found a nice little trick that was so simple and cut my chopping time down to nearly nothing...first you dip the tomato in the hot boiling water....
...30 seconds later you dunk it in ice water and waala...skins slide right off...it was awesome!
....skinned and chopped up into the pan they went with the other salsa ingredients...while we simmered away I got the jars ready...
...and BAM! I've got salsa....perfect!
...Hope everyone is having an awesome Salsa Sunday...marathon training starts tomorrow...YIKES...I'm not sure the track will remember my name! :)
...First order of business was to remove the skins from the tomatoes...after much searching of the internet I found a nice little trick that was so simple and cut my chopping time down to nearly nothing...first you dip the tomato in the hot boiling water....
...30 seconds later you dunk it in ice water and waala...skins slide right off...it was awesome!
....skinned and chopped up into the pan they went with the other salsa ingredients...while we simmered away I got the jars ready...
...and BAM! I've got salsa....perfect!
...Hope everyone is having an awesome Salsa Sunday...marathon training starts tomorrow...YIKES...I'm not sure the track will remember my name! :)Saturday, August 1, 2009
more pickles...
So, today was bread and butter pickle making day...an official holiday...or maybe not...but with the abundance of cucumbers from the garden I needed to do something!! So I chopped up a couple onions and cucumbers and sprinkled them with pickling salt and soaked them in ice water for a couple hours...
...while they soaked, I cleaned a couple of quart jars...
...then I mixed the rest of the ingredients up in a pot...originally thinking my pan wasn't big enough, I cut the recipe in half...in the end though I ended up making a batch and a half to fill all the jars...
...I then got the hot tub (aka water bath canner) boiling, put the clean jars in to warm up and sterilize and drained the cucumbers and onions...isn't this great...just like television...three pictures later I'm already draining...that would be a 2 hour warp if anyone's really interested!
...I then put the cucumbers and onions in the bread and butter mixture and brought it back to a boil....filled my jars up....put on the lids...and put them in the hot tub to soak for a little while...
...and presto...PICKLES!!
...I'd like to think of them as jumbo bread and butter pickles...thank goodness the hubby put some of the other cucumbers in the downstairs fridge where the temperature control is questionable at best...just in case you are wondering, freezing a cucumber isn't really good for it!! Otherwise I'd still be making pickles...tomorrow is salsa making!! Hope everyone's having a nice weekend! :)
...while they soaked, I cleaned a couple of quart jars...
...then I mixed the rest of the ingredients up in a pot...originally thinking my pan wasn't big enough, I cut the recipe in half...in the end though I ended up making a batch and a half to fill all the jars...
...I then got the hot tub (aka water bath canner) boiling, put the clean jars in to warm up and sterilize and drained the cucumbers and onions...isn't this great...just like television...three pictures later I'm already draining...that would be a 2 hour warp if anyone's really interested!
...I then put the cucumbers and onions in the bread and butter mixture and brought it back to a boil....filled my jars up....put on the lids...and put them in the hot tub to soak for a little while...
...and presto...PICKLES!!
...I'd like to think of them as jumbo bread and butter pickles...thank goodness the hubby put some of the other cucumbers in the downstairs fridge where the temperature control is questionable at best...just in case you are wondering, freezing a cucumber isn't really good for it!! Otherwise I'd still be making pickles...tomorrow is salsa making!! Hope everyone's having a nice weekend! :)
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