Tomatoes and Pickles, But Not Pickled Tomatoes.

Do people pickle tomatoes?

Harvest is full on right now, keeping up with everything is the big job at hand. We are getting beautiful September weather to make it that much easier. The tomatoes are the winners again this year, we’ve harvested and processed pounds and pounds and pounds of them now, it’s becoming old hat. 2011 will be known as the year we bought a new food processor.

 

The new workhorse. Diced tomatoes are out, crushed are in. Although.. I liked diced too, it just takes way longer.

Old fashioned diced tomatoes, worth their weight in.. tomatoes.

We had the pleasure of learning the fine art of pickle making from Christine earlier in August. You really only need to do it once to be a ‘pickle artist’, in my opinion. Like many food preserving techniques, it’s all about timing, organization and following all the steps properly. Being clean helps too.

Scrubbed cukes in the cold, icy wings, waiting to be packed.

 

One of the few essential ingredients, from Christines garden.

 

Jars packed with cucumber, peeled garlic cloves, LOTS of dill weed, 1 piece of grape leaf and hot water processed for 20 min and you are done. It took us the better part of the waking hours of the day, but it was well worth it. Food shouldn't be easy and quick, should it?

All in all, this is a big thanks to Christine for her guidance and patience! I’m thinking we will work together in the near future

Next post might have some really cute pictures, so.. beware.

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