Two posts in one day??? Im doing great:) Actually our computer finally is cooperating with me. Seems everytime I attempted to blog our computer would just shut off. Soooo frustrating!!!
Not only does summer bring lots of fun activities, but it brings us lots of yummy treats we enjoy. This year we decided to try our hand at watermelon and muskmelon. Plants are doing well and we have about 10 watermelon growing currently. Our biggest one is the size of my palm. A ways to go before we get to cut it up and enjoy it.
Had an abundance of green beans at one point so I went ahead and tried my hand (yet again) at freezing them. Did it last year but left them whole. We didn't like how much water they retained so I cut them up this year and we are giving it another go.
Our yearly pick.....this year I invited Kelli, Avery, Alivia and Austin to join us. Between all of us we picked 50 lbs of blueberries. YUMMMMM!! Of course we ate 10 lbs fresh and I froze the rest. Love having these in our freezer during the winter months.
As a child one very fond memory I have is heading to Minnesota for christmas eat year to visit my grandparents. We always ate their canned dill pickles and I have always wanted to know how to make them just like grandma!! I am SOOOO excited to say that I got the recipe finally from my aunt nancy and this year we planted picklers!!! Thanks to AJ's going on vacation I was able to go pick some of his picklers and Elijah and I set to work canning pickles. Some of them were to big so we cut them into hamburger slices and a few of them we made into spears but most of them stayed whole(they are baby dills).
Ellie wanted to help!!! She was glad to pose with the canning salt:)
Wonder what these are for??? Well, you place the jars into coolers and then put boiling water on top of the jars covering completely and leave over night. In the morning they are sealed. We have done many batches as the picklers come in.
Here are just a few of the ones Ive done this year. And we have obviously eaten some already and yep........it brings back a flood of memories as I munch on them. OH what a blessing to have my grandma's recipe!!
And yes, of course we have just now been enjoying sweet corn. My parents 12 rows are ready to be eaten and "put up". Need to do that next week sometime. Want to freeze around 20 quarts or so.
OH WE LOVE SUMMER!!!!
5 comments:
So the question is, do they taste like grandmas pickles? That is so exciting that you did that! Looks like you have been busy!
Yes yes yes....they taste like grandmas. That's what I meant by when I eat them it takes me back to memories because they are just like grandmas;)
Looks like we've been up to the same activities these days!! I've been freezing beans and making pickles too! Alissa gave me a recipe for sun dills and you put all the ingredients in a jar, set them outside for 3 days and then they stay fresh in your fridge for 6 weeks! We really enjoy them - if you ever want to try a different pickle recipe let me know and I'll send it your way! I like the sun dills because then I'm not always heating up my kitchen with my hot water canner.
Can't say I'll be to interested in another pickle recipe since this is a family favorite:). I don't really heat up kitchen thankfully as I don't have to use a canner. Bringing water to a boil and shutting it off doesn't heat it hardly at all thankfully. Summer produce keeps one busy huh:)!!
That's a great new picture you have of your family at the top!
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