Heaven Forbid!
Honestly.
If I buy 48# of cucumbers again... please shoot me.
After making applesauce with friends until 11 pm one night, I spent the next day making sweet pickle relish. Eleven pints. Can I really use eleven pints in a year? That's lots of hot dogs and potato salad and tuna salad...
I then ran out of enough onions and green peppers to continue with that recipe, so I switched to dill pickles.
I made 14 *quarts* of dill pickles today.
I ran out of dill.
My hands burned for hours from the hot peppers I add to spice them up... duh.
Dumb move.
I *still* had more cukes.
We had a cucumber/tomato/onion/Italian dressing salad with supper.
We're having cucumbers in sour cream tomorrow.
We're having cucumbers in rice vinegar the day after.
We're going to have cucumber sandwiches cut into little tiny squares next. I'm going to cut the crust off the bread. We're going to hold our pinkies high and drink some tea with cream and sugar.
That is, right after I make them scrub the imbedded grease off their pinkies... paying close attention to their fingernails. That's just gross.
Part of this story is untrue.
Part if it isn't.
You figure it out.
Then shoot me.
We did NOT cowboy today.
I made pickles.
I also spent time on the computer while waiting for things to boil... I spent time working on my upcoming Red Dirt In My Soul shop, where you can buy items straight from this blog... no Etsy involved!
We will not cowboy tomorrow... we will VOTE!
We will cowboy Wednesday.
Just in case you thought this was turning into a Betty Crocker cooking blog...
Heaven forbid!
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November 1, 2009 Living the Dream
I love this; you make me laugh; you make my day. thanks for sharing!!
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Oh, that is so funny. And, sorry about your hands. Been there, done that. Also the overload of cukes. I do that every year with tomatoes and peppers. Just how many people do I think I'm feeding here?
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I can all year around and then give it away in Christmas baskets to our employees. They love em. I also make each a dozen rolls. They never make it home to the families. I watch them year after year open one of the jams and finish them off. Just an idea for the special people in your life. Like me?!
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This was almost as funny as the Andy Griffith episode about Aunt Bee making pickles for the County Fair. I bet yours turned out delicious compared to hers that tasted like coal oil!
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I don't supposed the dogs like cucumbers? (Mmmm, probably not good for their digestive system, huh?) Oh, well.
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I am so enjoying reading your entries!
Sheila
Spokane, WA
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Thanks, Sheila! Glad you enjoy it!
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I can't imagine trying to can/preserve 48 pounds of cukes! And Lynne, my dogs (a golden retriever and a labrador) LOVE cucumbers. The lab will actually pick them off the vine if I don't watch him. He does the same w/tomatoes, whether they are ripe or not! lol
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Wow! No wonder people love your pics. They really make me miss the prairie and big Western sky...
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Wow! No wonder your readers love the pics. They really make me miss the prairie and big western sky..
p.s. did you mean to have your website require email confirmation before comments are accepted?...
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no... occasionally it seems to do that on its own... I'm not sure why. I'll try to figure that one out! thanks for the headsup!
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