I save my vinegar jugs and rinse them very well and fill them with emergency water. Every 6 months I empty them in dry places in my yard and refill them.with new water.
I made bread and butter green tomatoes and onions, and they turned out amazing. I just cut the tomatoes in chunks instead of slicing them, and adjusted the processing time. My family loves them... Especially on salads.
Add bay or vine leaves to every jar to keep crunchy. I believe oak leaves have tannins too, but have never triedAnd when I make spicy pickles i put at least a couple slices of red in each, or a bit of pepper flakes mixed with the green jalapenos as a visual indicator to all that these are hot. Ishelpful when have a couple jars open on a table with guests.
HAHAHA Rachel your over full pot gives me anxiety! I swear if that was me with a pot that full I would have half of it slopped onto the stove LOL be Blessed
I bought my first canner today, we are hoping to close on a home by the end of the year and begin our homesteading journey! Thank you for such great videos, they always help motivate me to keep working towards our goals.
You measure the same way I normally do. Palms and lids! LOL I had to MAKE myself actually measure things when I started writing recipes, because I needed to know how much I was putting in things, to teach others. I’m still about 50/50 with the eyeball vs. measuring spoon. Too many steps - I’m doing it my way. LOL Yeah. We’d get along great ;)
Cosmopolitan Cornbread - Constance Smith I can admire you guys, but ugh! you also drive me crazy! Lol. You say 1 teaspoon, but it’s obviously more than 1 teaspoon. It makes it hard to duplicate your yummy recipes. I used to have a best friend just like you guys. Her chocolate cake was to die for. I made her make it one time and measured her ingredients as she did it. Much better!
I was thinking the same thing. It's the gardeners curse. We all work hard to grow these beautiful 😍 veggies and then we get bumper crops only to look at them and remember-all of it has to be preserved lol I think she's said it before too. There comes a time you don't want to even see another green bean or tomato lol.
Hey thanks for the shoe tip.....I NEED those shoes....when I can all day my back kills me and legs just burn and almost go numb. Your pickles look fabulous by the way.
Thank you for the inspiration! I’ve never heard of pickle crisp. I went and tried to find it. Looks sold out everywhere near me, probably prime time for pickle making. I looked up the ingredients and it’s just pure calcium chloride so I found food grade calcium chloride much cheaper on Amazon! Just a tip I figured I would share.
Hi Rachel! I have been watching your channel. You have some great tips. I live in northern Vermont. I noticed you said you do not have brown sugar and no molasses. You can make light brown sugar by adding 1 Tablespoon maple syrup to 1 cup granulated sugar. Also, there are videos on cooking down maple syrup and beating it so it will turn into maple granulated sugar for those that want to get away from traditional cane sugar. Hope you are well.
I learned something today. Bought a new dishwasher at Lowes and told the salesman that I wanted to sterilize mason jars in it for canning. He said no dishwasher gets hot enough to sterilize glass. The sanitize button only brings the water to 185 degrees--enough to sanitize plastic baby bottles. It needs to be 212 degrees for a period of time to sterilize mason jars, so dishwashers don't make the water hot enough for sterilizing canning jars. Serious bummer :(
My mom always did all this making pickles. She made VA Chunk, Bread & Butter sweet pickles. I still have dozens of quarts. She just passed away 4 months ago at 91. This brings back so many wonderful memories. I’ve still got sweet potatoes & turnips to dig here in TN. Still getting peppers, eggplants, okra, turnip greens & tomatoes.
You crack me up 😂 anyone see my funnel, it’s green.... ummm I’d say yes or no but 🤷🏻♀️... mistake keep you real and we love it! Pickles look so yummy 😋
Awesome videos I sell vegetables locally here in Alberta Canada I could never sell for that price I definitely don’t even get minimal wage for the work it takes to grow cucumbers. Appreciate the farmers it’s a real job and they should be getting payed for the work they do 🤗
Thanks for the tip of using Pickle Fresh. I found a new pickle recipe this year in Small Batch preserving. Lemon Pickles. It usesless vinegar, adds lemon juice and a few slices of lemon and garlic cloves. I chopped some into a tuna salad recently. Fantastic, if i may say so myself. A keeper recipe.
My first experience in pickling was a few years ago when I just beat the frost and harvested all my green Sweet100 tomatoes and Cajun Belle peppers. I cut them all in half and pickled them like bread and butter pickles. They were great. Cajun Belles are not very spicey, but just a little bite. I was quite sad when I finished the last jar.
I’m not sure that using honey as a sub for brown sugar will give the same proportion of sweetness. Maybe make up a honey sugar the same way you make brown sugar? I’ll be interested to hear what you think of the results with the honey-spiced pickles 🍯
Yum , I made this very recipe this summer. I found myself digging the onions out cause they were that good....soooo I think I'm gonna do a bread and butter onions only? They would be fantastic on a hotdog!
Have you looked for maybe U-Pick farms? I'm kinda lucky, a friend from high schools parents opened a farm stand only 4 miles from me and they sell veg they grow very reasonably priced and even cheaper if you pick them yourself. There is a big website called U-pick that you put your zip code into and it will post all the farms near you.
@@Emeraldwitch30 Im going to one today 😅 We have a bunch around here. U-pick apples, pumpkins, cherries, and even sunflowers at one place. Lol They do almost like festivals in the fall. We go every year. Fun times. 😁
@@EgoBrain1 this one does weekend things too i think they start next weekend and every weekend until the end of oct. The hayrides and pick your own pumpkin for the kiddos. I try to only go during the week tho for my veggies. Right now they have the most beautiful bell peppers in rainbow colors. 50cents each or i think $9 for half bushel. I bought a beautiful cabbage this weekend and the most pristine looking cauliflower and broccoli ever. All $1.50 each. They ard all so big we ate some and I blanched and froze the rest. I even saved some grocery money to go again tomorrow for some more freezer goodies.
We have an old restaurant here that serves a Pepper Jack Cheese Burger... with Jalapeno Green Goddess Dressing and Jalapeno Bread and Butter Pickles.... its called "the Branding Iron" and sooo good and cozy on a chilly winter night. It's what i like to eat before walking the big Christmas Light displays... to keep me warm.
I always forget the Pickle Crisp for the first few jars and have to open and add. Made a mental note to always get it out as I'm getting all my stuff out. Well yesterday I was getting ready to do strawberry jam and guess what I got out.....yep... Pickle Crisp! 😂😂😂😂😂
That is a fantastic price for pickling cucumbers. Where I am they were selling for $3 per pound. That is the cheapest around here, IIRC that is the same price as we have had here for several years. Cost me $45 for the cucumbers and got 13 quarts and a pint out of them. Sighhhhh......... hopefully next year my garden does better. Oh, I'm in Saskatchewan, Canada. OMGosh, can you fit any more in that pot LOL That's something I do a lot too, then am mad at the extra mess I made instead of getting a larger pot LOL Think I like the way you pack your jars. The last time I made B&B pickles the recipe had me simmer the slices in the brine. Pretty similar recipe as yours, will be filling the jars like you next time.
I pickled green tomato slices just in a regular pickling brine and added pickle crisp, so that I could make Fried Green Tomatoes with them! And they're Fabulous on burgers! So stinking good!
Boy you cover all avenues don't you? Hehe...try the Clark's flip flops also. I have same problem but back issues. Boy those ans vionics are great shoe. Thanks for all u do for us. I love you're channel. In times like these , you have become my down time. Xoxo
I have been making B&B pickles for 35 years and I have never water bathed canned them...but I do put the pickles in the pot with the brine and when the pickles turn yellowish in colour I can them into hot jars and seal right away.......I have never had an issue with sealing
I made the spicy honey pickles today. Excited to try them. Hubs is super excited for the jar of jalapeños I had left over and pickled by themselves in the same brine!
im getting ready to make "bread and butter relish" . do you think i could skip the precook in the brine. im thinkin its ok, same recipe your doin there, just diff texture. thank you. love yalls vids.
I’m curious since you let your brine cool, how long you left the jars in the water bath. Was the water boiling first before you add the jars or did you bring it to a boil after? I’ve heard that boiling in the water bath can make them mushy. One RUclipsr only leaves the jars in just until the water comes to a boil then she removes them.
I make green tomato ketchup. It's basically doing what you said. You slice green tomatoes and onions. Let sit with salt overnight. The next day rinse and you cook that in the brine with spices, can and water bath. It's delicious. It tastes like ketchup and you can use it with everything.
I so enjoy watching you can. I'm a new canner and my first pickles were a dismal failure. Yucky, mushy failures. So disappointing. But I'm ready to try again using the pickle crisp. Also looking forward to trying your coleslaw recipe.
I live in Tx and I am getting my canner this week and this old dog has learned a lot from all your videos .... Thank you so much ... Can't wait to hear the popping sound !!!!!
I did bread and butter spicy and sweet spicy pickles yesterday s. Can't wait to try them in a few weeks. We are loving the spicy dill pickles I made last month. I am not a spicy fan but love these. I used crushed red peppers in all mine for the spicy part. Thank you for the cowboy candy post as I made that for the 1st time today. Everything in your videos looks delicious.
Hi Rachel, I love your show, thanks so much for taking us along in your life. I am on a healing diet with no sugar or honey. Have you or any of your subscribers tried to can pickles, jams or jellies with stevia, monk fruit or erythritol?
Your such an inspiration for me and my gardening and canning... we’ve grown more and canned/pickled more this year than ever before. And 2020 being what it is I still plan to do some of the meats in our freezers too as a “just in case” measure! Thanks for sharing so many great ideas!!
I've made dill pickled green cherry tomatoes before and my mother loved them. You could chop the green tomatoes and add a bit of red sweet bell peppers and onion and use that bread and butter brine and make a sort of chutney. We have a lot of skunks in our area and I swear they are skittish as they perfume the air here off and on about once or twice a week.
Now I know why there was turmeric, allspice, cloves, pickling salt, mustard seed, & vinegar was for in my mom’s cupboards. I’ve got all her canning equipment, jars, lids, etc. You’ve inspired me to keep up the tradition. Thanks for your wonderful video. I grew cucumbers from seeds this year, but only a couple lived. It was plenty for my dad, Sister, & I, but not enough to make pickles. Next year I’ll make sure I have enough. I did have a huge garden & have apparently inherited her green thumb with the herbs & flowers. I’m wondering if you grew any basil or dill. Mine is still flourishing, but it’s getting close to frost in TN. I need to do something with my 2 huge basil plants. Do you make pesto? Its not a southern thing, but I’m willing to try. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, you’ve really got it together! 👩🌾💕
I grow a couple basil plants and have dried some leaves and also made pesto. I make it in a blender. At least 1/2 cup olive oil (to begin with) 1-2 garlic cloves Basil leaves (nearly a blender full) Be ready to add more olive oil, it will need it to begin blending. Stir and scrape sides as needed. Once blended, I pour it out in a bowl, add parmesan cheese, white pepper, and salt to taste. I know pesto also has pine nuts or such, but it tastes great without it as well. Keeps well in the fridge, (I end up adding more olive oil, as I think the cheese soaks it up). And it freezes well too. Delicious on toasted sourdough, in cottage cheese eaten with tortilla chips, and more!
My second round of cukes are producing!! We dont even eat that many pickles but hopefully I can get to where I dont have to them every year, probably like every 5 years, that way I can grow more other things and put different things up in the pantry. It drives me crazy to switch over to a different vegetable every few days and just have a few dwindling in. Maybe this way I can get more at once and just do several rounds of one type and get enough put up for 2-3 years, allowing more room in my garden for other things. I'm excited to try it out!!!
👋🏻 🇬🇧 If you visited in the UK, you'd be surprised that we don't can the pickles using 100% liquid of vinegar. As long as the cucumbers, veg or eggs are submerged, they are preserved for years just in the vinegar and sugar solution. Always love your videos, they're so soothing to listen to.
Hello, love your videos. I am new to canning and have a question. We love bread and butter pickles and when I made my batch, they turned out mushy (not crisp). I have been told time and time again to follow safe and approved recipes and not to alter the recipe in any way, otherwise you risk botulism. You mentioned that you don't cook your pickles in the boiling brine, that you let the brine cool and add them to your cold cucumbers. Are you worried about the processing of them that way? I'd rather not blanch or add to the hot brine, but I am so worried about botulism and really getting my family sick or worse. I'd like crisp pickles, but just really concerned about modifying the recipe. Is your method safe?
Hmm I don't know they are pretty tough and need a lot of cooking for my recipe to be chewed. I am wondering how that will go? I can't wait to see and hear how they turn out taste will be good and similar to my green tomato pickle that is 11 qrt. basket of green tomato, 6 qrt. basket of onions (mix well and set overnight with 1/2 pickling salt to pull the moisture out and soften as well as sweeten the onion), in the morning drain and put in a roaster and cook with 8 c. vinegar, 8 c. brown sugar, 1 tbsps. each of gr. cloves and gr. cinnamon. Cook for approximately 4-5 hours or until softens and easy to chew. Bottle 1/2 inch headspace, clean rim and screw on lid. Keep mixture hot so that it seals the bottles. Very old recipe from my grandmother who was born in 1912 I believe. This is almost a religion in our family and is used for spreading on buttered mashed potatoes with salt and pepper to taste. Enjoy all! For safety you could water bath can for 10 minutes if this makes you leary.
I love Blocks and Randazzo's in that area...Ann Arbor Farm market is pricey. Now that we are in North Carolina I have been hitting up a few local farm markets here.
I'm glad you said something about your foot wear. I noticed you didn't have anything on your feet and I said to myself (yes, I talk to myself), I hope she doesn't get Plantar Fascititis or however you spell it. So having said all of that, I'm glad you've got the footwear. And of course, I enjoyed the video. I'm learning to can because of you. Thank you!
I’m in Grand Rapids and was wondering where exactly is this farmers market? Catch a Tigers game on a Friday night then farmers market Saturday morning. Sounds like a fun plan.
I live in west Texas and would LOVE to have some of your green tomatoes! Our plants all died so we didn’t get any fresh tomatoes this year😔 Don’t know how you feel about shipping me some but I would pay for the shipping!. 10pounds would be fantastic! Dreaming a little lol
I will be looking up these flip flops. I am sat watching this and massaging my foot, I have the same pain from spending the day canning and quilting. I made cherry tomato soup and spicy potatoes. Thank you.
Grew up on pickle Lillie that's what you will make with the green tomatoes ,good stuff ! That's a lot of pickles ,I definitely made a lot first year garden with 12 plants but this year stopped at 4 quarts I can't eat that many and jars are hard to come by , people don't give them back to me .
Have you ever tried the low temperature pasteurization method described in the USDA canning guide? It prevents excessive softening of the cucumbers. I use an immersion circulator to keep the water heated in the necessary range. I remember your husband saying you do sous vide so you should totally try it!!
I love to watch your canning videos. I am enamored by the wooden packer that you used to pack your pickles. into the canning jars? Also, the name and location of] your farmers market? We live in Indiana but have had road trips to the Grand Rapids area to purchase asparagus and strawberries. it would seem like a fun road trip to purchase bulk veggies we can..process one way or the other. Thank you for your gardening, and canning videos. I really enjoy them.r
The energizer bunny! They look great! Hey, I wanted to tell you that I realized before I sent that jar opener that you use your fingers to open jars and there might be a chance you wouldn’t use it. There are plenty of people who would love to have one, per the comments on Living Traditions. You could do a giveaway if you want and I won’t be offended. I kept forgetting to tell you that.
If you have an Indian Market near you always go there for all your spices whole and powdered best prices and the turnover is quick since we use them readily in our dishes. Yes to the pickled green tomatoes my mom always made them to utilize the tomatoes at the end of the season and they’re fantastic with fish and chicken dishes also shed add a split chili to some of the jars for my dad😊Your pickles look great. TFS
I had my back turned washing dishes, and as you started to say you wanted to mention the shoes you were wearing, I thought out loud "I wonder if she's tried Oofos" since I just bought a lifesaving pair. I must be a mind reader ;p
Honey bread and butter pickles work well, same recipe you normally use and add about 3/4 cup honey.If not sweet enough add more to taste. Just love your cooking shows , I learn so many things through you. Thank you
i just made some bread and butter pickles yesterday. I went in the fridge and found some of my cukes left from the garden....a couple half peppers and a piece of a onion. I had enough for 1 pint and a half jar. Which was a bonus, since i already made a big batch a week ago. Can't wait to eat them. Great video as usual.
Several years ago I made chow chow. It is a mustard pickle with green tomato onions cauliflower cukes and other goodies that I don’t recall. Yum! It is not the recipe in the canning book because I used prepared mustard and definitely no beans.
Does anyone know which farmers market she was talking about? I didn’t hear her mention the name and when I google the area multiple come up. I’m a few hours away but would love to try it!
I didnt know you lived in SE MI, I appreciate that someone around me is doing the sort of stuff I really want to go towards with my family in the future.
Me looking for your funnel as if I can actually tell you where it is lol.
Thanks for being willing to help 😉
Did the same 6 hours after the video came out 🤣
muhleekuh U did it to! Even said nope out loud like she could hear.
muhleekuh, I did too!
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I save my vinegar jugs and rinse them very well and fill them with emergency water. Every 6 months I empty them in dry places in my yard and refill them.with new water.
Well that's super smart!!
Wow this is wise!!!!! Thank you!
I reuse laundry soap jugs. I label them Hand Washing Only and date them.
I made bread and butter green tomatoes and onions, and they turned out amazing. I just cut the tomatoes in chunks instead of slicing them, and adjusted the processing time. My family loves them... Especially on salads.
That sounds like a condiment served at several catfish restaurants I’ve visited in Arkansas...now I know how to make them at home! Thanks!
@@RhinoDNA I'm so glad!!
Add bay or vine leaves to every jar to keep crunchy. I believe oak leaves have tannins too, but have never triedAnd when I make spicy pickles i put at least a couple slices of red in each, or a bit of pepper flakes mixed with the green jalapenos as a visual indicator to all that these are hot. Ishelpful when have a couple jars open on a table with guests.
Apple cider vinegar makes a better tasting bread and butter pickle
HAHAHA Rachel your over full pot gives me anxiety! I swear if that was me with a pot that full I would have half of it slopped onto the stove LOL be Blessed
I bought my first canner today, we are hoping to close on a home by the end of the year and begin our homesteading journey! Thank you for such great videos, they always help motivate me to keep working towards our goals.
You measure the same way I normally do. Palms and lids! LOL I had to MAKE myself actually measure things when I started writing recipes, because I needed to know how much I was putting in things, to teach others. I’m still about 50/50 with the eyeball vs. measuring spoon.
Too many steps - I’m doing it my way. LOL Yeah. We’d get along great ;)
Cosmopolitan Cornbread - Constance Smith I can admire you guys, but ugh! you also drive me crazy! Lol. You say 1 teaspoon, but it’s obviously more than 1 teaspoon. It makes it hard to duplicate your yummy recipes. I used to have a best friend just like you guys. Her chocolate cake was to die for. I made her make it one time and measured her ingredients as she did it. Much better!
You sound terribly tired. You can hardly keep your eyes open. Time for a winter rest ❤️😄! I love your video’s!
I was thinking the same thing. It's the gardeners curse. We all work hard to grow these beautiful 😍 veggies and then we get bumper crops only to look at them and remember-all of it has to be preserved lol
I think she's said it before too. There comes a time you don't want to even see another green bean or tomato lol.
I learn so much from you! I love your RUclips channel!!! God Bless from beautiful Montana.
Hey thanks for the shoe tip.....I NEED those shoes....when I can all day my back kills me and legs just burn and almost go numb. Your pickles look fabulous by the way.
You gave me courage. I'm canning pickles today. I grew dill for this. I'm so excited right now. Thank you Rachel 😊
Thank you for the inspiration! I’ve never heard of pickle crisp. I went and tried to find it. Looks sold out everywhere near me, probably prime time for pickle making. I looked up the ingredients and it’s just pure calcium chloride so I found food grade calcium chloride much cheaper on Amazon! Just a tip I figured I would share.
It is also known as alum
Hi Rachel! I have been watching your channel. You have some great tips. I live in northern Vermont. I noticed you said you do not have brown sugar and no molasses. You can make light brown sugar by adding 1 Tablespoon maple syrup to 1 cup granulated sugar. Also, there are videos on cooking down maple syrup and beating it so it will turn into maple granulated sugar for those that want to get away from traditional cane sugar. Hope you are well.
I learned something today. Bought a new dishwasher at Lowes and told the salesman that I wanted to sterilize mason jars in it for canning. He said no dishwasher gets hot enough to sterilize glass. The sanitize button only brings the water to 185 degrees--enough to sanitize plastic baby bottles. It needs to be 212 degrees for a period of time to sterilize mason jars, so dishwashers don't make the water hot enough for sterilizing canning jars. Serious bummer :(
That’s correct !
My mom always did all this making pickles. She made VA Chunk, Bread & Butter sweet pickles. I still have dozens of quarts. She just passed away 4 months ago at 91. This brings back so many wonderful memories. I’ve still got sweet potatoes & turnips to dig here in TN. Still getting peppers, eggplants, okra, turnip greens & tomatoes.
You crack me up 😂 anyone see my funnel, it’s green.... ummm I’d say yes or no but 🤷🏻♀️... mistake keep you real and we love it! Pickles look so yummy 😋
Awesome videos
I sell vegetables locally here in Alberta Canada I could never sell for that price I definitely don’t even get minimal wage for the work it takes to grow cucumbers. Appreciate the farmers it’s a real job and they should be getting payed for the work they do 🤗
Bay leaves have tannins in them and the chemical reaction prevents soggy pickles.
My mom used bay leaves in hers.
And grape leaves. I have a grapevine so it worked perfectly.
Kristy No And, I’ve heard, tea bags without the staples.
I use grape leaves sometimes too,
Thanks for the tip of using Pickle Fresh. I found a new pickle recipe this year in Small Batch preserving. Lemon Pickles. It usesless vinegar, adds lemon juice and a few slices of lemon and garlic cloves. I chopped some into a tuna salad recently. Fantastic, if i may say so myself. A keeper recipe.
My first experience in pickling was a few years ago when I just beat the frost and harvested all my green Sweet100 tomatoes and Cajun Belle peppers. I cut them all in half and pickled them like bread and butter pickles. They were great. Cajun Belles are not very spicey, but just a little bite. I was quite sad when I finished the last jar.
I’m not sure that using honey as a sub for brown sugar will give the same proportion of sweetness. Maybe make up a honey sugar the same way you make brown sugar? I’ll be interested to hear what you think of the results with the honey-spiced pickles 🍯
Yum , I made this very recipe this summer. I found myself digging the onions out cause they were that good....soooo I think I'm gonna do a bread and butter onions only? They would be fantastic on a hotdog!
I like this idea!
I did it...game changer!
I wish we had a farmer's market like that around here. Unfortunately, nope...
Same. None sell bushels or bulk of anything & the prices are outrageous
Have you looked for maybe U-Pick farms? I'm kinda lucky, a friend from high schools parents opened a farm stand only 4 miles from me and they sell veg they grow very reasonably priced and even cheaper if you pick them yourself.
There is a big website called U-pick that you put your zip code into and it will post all the farms near you.
@@Emeraldwitch30 Im going to one today 😅 We have a bunch around here. U-pick apples, pumpkins, cherries, and even sunflowers at one place. Lol They do almost like festivals in the fall. We go every year. Fun times. 😁
@@EgoBrain1 this one does weekend things too i think they start next weekend and every weekend until the end of oct.
The hayrides and pick your own pumpkin for the kiddos. I try to only go during the week tho for my veggies. Right now they have the most beautiful bell peppers in rainbow colors. 50cents each or i think $9 for half bushel. I bought a beautiful cabbage this weekend and the most pristine looking cauliflower and broccoli ever. All $1.50 each. They ard all so big we ate some and I blanched and froze the rest. I even saved some grocery money to go again tomorrow for some more freezer goodies.
We have an old restaurant here that serves a Pepper Jack Cheese Burger... with Jalapeno Green Goddess Dressing and Jalapeno Bread and Butter Pickles.... its called "the Branding Iron" and sooo good and cozy on a chilly winter night. It's what i like to eat before walking the big Christmas Light displays... to keep me warm.
Yes I'd like to see and hear if you did the green tomato pickles!!
I always forget the Pickle Crisp for the first few jars and have to open and add. Made a mental note to always get it out as I'm getting all my stuff out. Well yesterday I was getting ready to do strawberry jam and guess what I got out.....yep...
Pickle Crisp! 😂😂😂😂😂
I can’t wait to hear how the spicy honey ones taste!
That is a fantastic price for pickling cucumbers. Where I am they were selling for $3 per pound. That is the cheapest around here, IIRC that is the same price as we have had here for several years. Cost me $45 for the cucumbers and got 13 quarts and a pint out of them. Sighhhhh......... hopefully next year my garden does better. Oh, I'm in Saskatchewan, Canada.
OMGosh, can you fit any more in that pot LOL That's something I do a lot too, then am mad at the extra mess I made instead of getting a larger pot LOL
Think I like the way you pack your jars. The last time I made B&B pickles the recipe had me simmer the slices in the brine. Pretty similar recipe as yours, will be filling the jars like you next time.
I pickled green tomato slices just in a regular pickling brine and added pickle crisp, so that I could make Fried Green Tomatoes with them! And they're Fabulous on burgers! So stinking good!
Boy you cover all avenues don't you? Hehe...try the Clark's flip flops also. I have same problem but back issues. Boy those ans vionics are great shoe. Thanks for all u do for us. I love you're channel. In times like these , you have become my down time. Xoxo
I have been making B&B pickles for 35 years and I have never water bathed canned them...but I do put the pickles in the pot with the brine and when the pickles turn yellowish in colour I can them into hot jars and seal right away.......I have never had an issue with sealing
I go to the same place you do. It's a great place. And they have such a great variety of plants, veggies, flower etc. I'm from NW Ohio
I made the spicy honey pickles today. Excited to try them. Hubs is super excited for the jar of jalapeños I had left over and pickled by themselves in the same brine!
Used to get my produce at Oakland market when I lived in Michigan 😁😁😁
im getting ready to make "bread and butter relish" . do you think i could skip the precook in the brine. im thinkin its ok, same recipe your doin there, just diff texture. thank you. love yalls vids.
I’m curious since you let your brine cool, how long you left the jars in the water bath. Was the water boiling first before you add the jars or did you bring it to a boil after? I’ve heard that boiling in the water bath can make them mushy. One RUclipsr only leaves the jars in just until the water comes to a boil then she removes them.
BigLots are in Missouri too and have been for years. If you’re like me you start making mistakes because you’re overtired.
I make green tomato ketchup. It's basically doing what you said. You slice green tomatoes and onions. Let sit with salt overnight. The next day rinse and you cook that in the brine with spices, can and water bath. It's delicious. It tastes like ketchup and you can use it with everything.
I so enjoy watching you can. I'm a new canner and my first pickles were a dismal failure. Yucky, mushy failures. So disappointing. But I'm ready to try again using the pickle crisp. Also looking forward to trying your coleslaw recipe.
I live in Tx and I am getting my canner this week and this old dog has learned a lot from all your videos .... Thank you so much ... Can't wait to hear the popping sound !!!!!
I did bread and butter spicy and sweet spicy pickles yesterday s. Can't wait to try them in a few weeks. We are loving the spicy dill pickles I made last month. I am not a spicy fan but love these. I used crushed red peppers in all mine for the spicy part. Thank you for the cowboy candy post as I made that for the 1st time today. Everything in your videos looks delicious.
My mom has a lime pickle she soaks in a pickling lime solution for a day before canning. Keeps them nice and crispy.
Hi Rachel, I love your show, thanks so much for taking us along in your life. I am on a healing diet with no sugar or honey. Have you or any of your subscribers tried to can pickles, jams or jellies with stevia, monk fruit or erythritol?
What did you do with all those brussel sprouts? How do you preserve those?
Wow, wasn’t sure you had room for your spices in that second brine pot, lol 😂
Your such an inspiration for me and my gardening and canning... we’ve grown more and canned/pickled more this year than ever before. And 2020 being what it is I still plan to do some of the meats in our freezers too as a “just in case” measure! Thanks for sharing so many great ideas!!
I've made dill pickled green cherry tomatoes before and my mother loved them. You could chop the green tomatoes and add a bit of red sweet bell peppers and onion and use that bread and butter brine and make a sort of chutney.
We have a lot of skunks in our area and I swear they are skittish as they perfume the air here off and on about once or twice a week.
I'm about to order those shoes!! Thank you ☺️💗
I wear the same shoes as long as I'm not at work.
Good idea on the green tomatoes I have a bunch of Roma’s
I think bread and butter green tomatoes would be amazing!! 😋
The honey spiced pickles sounds delicious 😋
Now I know why there was turmeric, allspice, cloves, pickling salt, mustard seed, & vinegar was for in my mom’s cupboards. I’ve got all her canning equipment, jars, lids, etc. You’ve inspired me to keep up the tradition. Thanks for your wonderful video. I grew cucumbers from seeds this year, but only a couple lived. It was plenty for my dad, Sister, & I, but not enough to make pickles. Next year I’ll make sure I have enough. I did have a huge garden & have apparently inherited her green thumb with the herbs & flowers. I’m wondering if you grew any basil or dill. Mine is still flourishing, but it’s getting close to frost in TN. I need to do something with my 2 huge basil plants. Do you make pesto? Its not a southern thing, but I’m willing to try. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, you’ve really got it together! 👩🌾💕
I grow a couple basil plants and have dried some leaves and also made pesto.
I make it in a blender.
At least 1/2 cup olive oil (to begin with)
1-2 garlic cloves
Basil leaves (nearly a blender full)
Be ready to add more olive oil, it will need it to begin blending.
Stir and scrape sides as needed.
Once blended, I pour it out in a bowl, add parmesan cheese, white pepper, and salt to taste.
I know pesto also has pine nuts or such, but it tastes great without it as well.
Keeps well in the fridge, (I end up adding more olive oil, as I think the cheese soaks it up). And it freezes well too.
Delicious on toasted sourdough, in cottage cheese eaten with tortilla chips, and more!
Oh how I wish we had a farmer’s market like that here in northeast Ohio! Always learn from your videos ♥️
Here's the one we go to, in case you're ever in the area: goo.gl/maps/yzHPjPj4MyWscYzk8
The Google says it’s less than a three hour drive...I might actually make a trip over there 😮
I scoured the comments for the name of the farmer's market but no luck. I seen the question asked many times but no reply.
It's Blocks I'm sure we've replied to many
Love your videos Rachael!
My second round of cukes are producing!! We dont even eat that many pickles but hopefully I can get to where I dont have to them every year, probably like every 5 years, that way I can grow more other things and put different things up in the pantry. It drives me crazy to switch over to a different vegetable every few days and just have a few dwindling in. Maybe this way I can get more at once and just do several rounds of one type and get enough put up for 2-3 years, allowing more room in my garden for other things. I'm excited to try it out!!!
Another question.... Did you double stack your water bath canner? It was my understanding you weren't supposed to 🤷 inquiring minds 😁
👋🏻 🇬🇧 If you visited in the UK, you'd be surprised that we don't can the pickles using 100% liquid of vinegar. As long as the cucumbers, veg or eggs are submerged, they are preserved for years just in the vinegar and sugar solution. Always love your videos, they're so soothing to listen to.
Why the salt water soak? I don't remember my grandmother soaking her pickles. Anxious to learn something knew from you 💚💚💚💚
Where are the farmers market you go to
So if you hate the smell and taste of mustard...? Skip it?
Hello, love your videos. I am new to canning and have a question. We love bread and butter pickles and when I made my batch, they turned out mushy (not crisp). I have been told time and time again to follow safe and approved recipes and not to alter the recipe in any way, otherwise you risk botulism. You mentioned that you don't cook your pickles in the boiling brine, that you let the brine cool and add them to your cold cucumbers. Are you worried about the processing of them that way? I'd rather not blanch or add to the hot brine, but I am so worried about botulism and really getting my family sick or worse. I'd like crisp pickles, but just really concerned about modifying the recipe. Is your method safe?
Hmm I don't know they are pretty tough and need a lot of cooking for my recipe to be chewed. I am wondering how that will go? I can't wait to see and hear how they turn out taste will be good and similar to my green tomato pickle that is 11 qrt. basket of green tomato, 6 qrt. basket of onions (mix well and set overnight with 1/2 pickling salt to pull the moisture out and soften as well as sweeten the onion), in the morning drain and put in a roaster and cook with 8 c. vinegar, 8 c. brown sugar, 1 tbsps. each of gr. cloves and gr. cinnamon. Cook for approximately 4-5 hours or until softens and easy to chew. Bottle 1/2 inch headspace, clean rim and screw on lid. Keep mixture hot so that it seals the bottles. Very old recipe from my grandmother who was born in 1912 I believe. This is almost a religion in our family and is used for spreading on buttered mashed potatoes with salt and pepper to taste. Enjoy all! For safety you could water bath can for 10 minutes if this makes you leary.
Ordered the ball book thanks for the link. Reading the description I noticed your po box is in Newport mi. We’re in Newport or. Too funny
I love Blocks and Randazzo's in that area...Ann Arbor Farm market is pricey. Now that we are in North Carolina I have been hitting up a few local farm markets here.
I'm glad you said something about your foot wear. I noticed you didn't have anything on your feet and I said to myself (yes, I talk to myself), I hope she doesn't get Plantar Fascititis or however you spell it. So having said all of that, I'm glad you've got the footwear. And of course, I enjoyed the video. I'm learning to can because of you. Thank you!
This is my favorite video
What is the name of the market? I live in central MI and would love to check it out.
Blocks. By metro airport.
Hi neighbor! We used to live in Kimberly Estates but since moved to Mississippi last July. Hope all is well!
I’m in Grand Rapids and was wondering where exactly is this farmers market? Catch a Tigers game on a Friday night then farmers market Saturday morning. Sounds like a fun plan.
here ya go: www.blocksstandandgreenhouse.com/location
@@1870s you’re absolutely awesome! Don’t let anyone tell you different. Now to convince the wife to spend the night in Detroit lol.
I live in west Texas and would LOVE to have some of your green tomatoes! Our plants all died so we didn’t get any fresh tomatoes this year😔 Don’t know how you feel about shipping me some but I would pay for the shipping!. 10pounds would be fantastic! Dreaming a little lol
I will be looking up these flip flops. I am sat watching this and massaging my foot, I have the same pain from spending the day canning and quilting. I made cherry tomato soup and spicy potatoes. Thank you.
I canned a few pints of pickled peppers yesterday. Unfortunately my cucumbers didn’t do well this year.
Grew up on pickle Lillie that's what you will make with the green tomatoes ,good stuff ! That's a lot of pickles ,I definitely made a lot first year garden with 12 plants but this year stopped at 4 quarts I can't eat that many and jars are hard to come by , people don't give them back to me .
Have you ever tried the low temperature pasteurization method described in the USDA canning guide? It prevents excessive softening of the cucumbers. I use an immersion circulator to keep the water heated in the necessary range. I remember your husband saying you do sous vide so you should totally try it!!
I love to watch your canning videos. I am enamored by the wooden packer that you used to pack your pickles. into the canning jars? Also, the name and location of] your farmers market? We live in Indiana but have had road trips to the Grand Rapids area to purchase asparagus and strawberries. it would seem like a fun road trip to purchase bulk veggies we can..process one way or the other. Thank you for your gardening, and canning videos. I really enjoy them.r
The energizer bunny! They look great! Hey, I wanted to tell you that I realized before I sent that jar opener that you use your fingers to open jars and there might be a chance you wouldn’t use it. There are plenty of people who would love to have one, per the comments on Living Traditions. You could do a giveaway if you want and I won’t be offended. I kept forgetting to tell you that.
If you have an Indian Market near you always go there for all your spices whole and powdered best prices and the turnover is quick since we use them readily in our dishes. Yes to the pickled green tomatoes my mom always made them to utilize the tomatoes at the end of the season and they’re fantastic with fish and chicken dishes also shed add a split chili to some of the jars for my dad😊Your pickles look great. TFS
I had my back turned washing dishes, and as you started to say you wanted to mention the shoes you were wearing, I thought out loud "I wonder if she's tried Oofos" since I just bought a lifesaving pair. I must be a mind reader ;p
Thanks for the video Rachael, will be trying it this summer. Now to see if I have banana peppers in my seed vault ☺️.
Honey bread and butter pickles work well, same recipe you normally use and add about 3/4 cup honey.If not sweet enough add more to taste. Just love your cooking shows , I learn so many things through you. Thank you
That reminds me i have to plant my white seed mustard, have some black seed mustard going to flower now, also very tasty leaves
I have yet to try my hand at making pickles. I haven’t been very good at the cucumber growing. The farmers markets around here are crazy expensive.
Hi Rachel, do you use regular 5% vinegar or the 7% “pickling vinegar”? I’m unsure which to buy.
Rachel, I need a good apple butter recipe! Please please do a video when you make yours. Do you usually follow the cider recipe in the Ball book?
So how did the honey pickles turn out? We’re they sweet enough?
Hands down my favorite just canned more
i just made some bread and butter pickles yesterday. I went in the fridge and found some of my cukes left from the garden....a couple half peppers and a piece of a onion. I had enough for 1 pint and a half jar. Which was a bonus, since i already made a big batch a week ago. Can't wait to eat them. Great video as usual.
Several years ago I made chow chow. It is a mustard pickle with green tomato onions cauliflower cukes and other goodies that I don’t recall. Yum! It is not the recipe in the canning book because I used prepared mustard and definitely no beans.
Does anyone know which farmers market she was talking about? I didn’t hear her mention the name and when I google the area multiple come up. I’m a few hours away but would love to try it!
Blocks farmers market
@@1870s thanks so much for the quick reply. Love your videos. I look forward to visiting!
I can't find the video for the honey pickles?
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I didn’t know that but I’m going to try it this year. I love crunchy pickles
I have to do sweet baby pickles. I'm saving your recipe though.
I have been canning since I was 8 years old( with my mom), I have learned some new tricks from you. Thank you!
I didnt know you lived in SE MI, I appreciate that someone around me is doing the sort of stuff I really want to go towards with my family in the future.
I'm in Toledo. What is the name of the farmer's market? Is it within driving distance for me?
The way you talk about the farmers market makes me want to go there... and i live in the yoop 🤣😆😩
where did you find your large metal bowls i cant find them
Todd's mom gave it to us. I've seen them at some Amish shops though.
@@1870s that was very sweet of her I will have to check the Amish shops thank you for responding to my question
I’m in toledo Ohio and my grandma lives in Ottawa lake. Is the farmers market close to her?