What you do in your house is worth as much as if you did it up in heaven for our Lord God. We should accustom ourselves to think of our position and work as sacred and well-pleasing to God, not on account of the position and work, but on account of the word and faith from which the obedience and the work flow. ~ Martin Luther

Friday, August 11, 2006

Volcano Pickles

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6 comments:

Danielle said...

Yum! Do you have to have a pressure canner to can pickles??

Michelle said...

Hi Rebecca! I tried to find this recipe on Kim's blog, and cannot. I tried the link in your blog, but it goes to comments about it. I really would love to try them. We like spicy things here, too! :)

Rebecca said...

Danielle-you don't need a pressure canner to can pickles because anything 'pickled' has a high acidity to be water-bath canned. You don't even need a water bath canner. I use a stockpot and (I have never done this before but my grandmother does..) you can put a towel on the bottom on the pan full of water to get the jars off of a direct heat source.

Michelle-I cut and pasted the recipe for you.

Volcano Pickles
These are my husbands favorite pickle! Pretty much the only one's he will eat.

Wash your cucumbers and slice 1/16th off the blossom end. Pack into clean quart jars.
Then place into each jar:
1 head of dill
1 clove of garlic (chopped)
1 TBS pickling salt
1 tsp pickling spice
1 TBS of dried red hot pepper.

Make a brine of 8 cups vinegar and 8 cups water (this is enough for 7 quart jars). Bring to a boil and pour over into jars, leaving 1/2 inch of head space. Place lids on jars and can for 15 min in a water bath canner.


She says that they must cure for (at least) six weeks. Here is the link again-hoepfully it works this time...she has lots of other yummy recipes for cooking and canning to peruse also. http://www.homesteadblogger.com/homesteadacres/In+My+Kitchen

Michelle said...

Thanks so much, Rebecca! :D

Unknown said...

I'm so glad you like the recipes! Here's a link to the post with the pickle recipe.
Hope this helps:

http://www.homesteadblogger.com/HomesteadAcres/21943/Canning+Recipes.html

Kim
www.homesteadblogger.com/homesteadacres

Michelle said...

Thank you, Kim! I made 6 qts. of them yesterday. It is all we can do to stay out of them for 6 wks!! I had to hide them in the pantry, LOL! :D