WANTED HOW TO PICKLE VEGGIES

[magikchick]

I brought a case of canning jars to make the yogurt in. Now I would like to try pickling veggies, okra and such. Anyone have any recipes and/or instructions on how to do this.

Thanks, Marsha

 

[rufus]

When I was a kid, my mother and the other ladies from the church used to can fruit and make jam every summer. Someone would go to Mexico and buy bags of cheap sugar. The fruit was brought down from Utah.

Us boys got detailed the heavy work. I still remember the scald burns. Be very careful, I don't have fond memories of this chore.

Rufus

 

[DuckLady]

I have done a lot of canning and looked up different methods but the absolute BEST I have ever used is the Ball Blue Book of Preserving. You should be able to find it in bookstores or sometimes where they sell canning supplies and such.
It is on Amazon as well
http://www.amazon.com/Jarden-Home-Brands-21400-Canning/dp/B0000BYDPZ
In fact, mine is so stained and worn, I will need a new one soon (my third)

 

[chickonaroost]

My moher used to used a pickle mix called "Mrs. Wagers", All you do is add the water and vineger. It is easy and very good. The same brand now also carries salsa mix etc. I get it at Krogers or Wal-Mart in the canning isle with the jars, lids etc.
Be careful canning non-acidic vegetables. If not done properly, (usu. by pressure cooker) they can grow deadly botulism.
Lisa

 

[psimek]

I agree, the Ball Blue Book is the best! Not only is it canning, but freezing & dehydration.
What kind of recipes are you looking for? Pickles?
There is a relish made out of zucchinis that is great.

 

[magikchick]

Mainly I just want to do pickling. I love spicy pickled okra. Bread and butter pickles would be great too.

I may try some canning later on if I get ambitious enough.

Marsha

 

[jackiedon]

I googled pickle recipes and got a bunch. I put up 6 pints of dill pickles last week and they are almost all gone. I gotta put some more up. They were really easy.

jackie

 

[Sharona]

I have (and my mother-in-law) looked for a good dill pickle recipe. I just want the simple flavor of dill (garlic too maybe) and a crispness. Anyone have any proven recipes?

 

[jackiedon]

http://www.razzledazzlerecipes.com/flavorsoffall/pickle-recipes.htm
http://www.howtopickle.com/Pickling_Recipes.html
http://groups.msn.com/SimplySelfSufficiency/preserving.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=16940&LastModified=4675436379798779008

Here are a few websites you might find interesting


jackie

 

[Rosalind]

I am lazy, I run my jars and lids through the dishwasher on the very hottest cycle and leave them in there instead of sterilizing. When I didn't have a dishwasher, I used to set them upside-down on a cookie sheet covered with a wet dishtowel in the oven at 300 degrees. It only works for pickles, sauerkraut, peaches and tomatoes though--no good for anything else.

Veggie pickles for pasta salad:

Put in a very clean bowl, sliced veggies of your choice. I use zucchini, carrots, cherry tomatoes, halved artichoke hearts, celery, but you can really put whatever you like. Add 1 can black olives and 1 jar green olives, with their juice. Spoon into very clean jars. Add 1 tsp salt and a good shake of Italian seasoning to each pint jar, then add 1/4 c. red wine vinegar, 1/4 c. cider vinegar and 1/4 c. olive oil to each pint jar. If there's any room left in the jar, top it up with boiling water till the veggies are covered. Seal jars per the instructions on the Mason jar lid box--I usually get a stockpot of water boiling on the stove and put a dishtowel in the bottom of the strainer portion of the stockpot.

1 pint jar veggie pickles + 1 box pasta, cooked + grated Parmesan to taste = easy pasta salad

Canned seasoned tomatoes, to be used in chili or pasta:

Pack lots of tomato slices, fresh basil, and 5 garlic cloves into quart jars. Add 1 tsp. salt and 1 tsp. sugar to each jar. Set the lids on the jars (don't seal them with the rings yet) and put them on a cookie sheet lined with a damp dishtowel. Put the cookie sheet in the oven at 250-275 F. Bake 45 minutes. Carefully remove cookie sheet from oven, and seal the lids (wearing oven mitts!).