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Red Tractor Girl	Posted - May 27 2012 : 4:56:37 PM My Tiny Farm is the keeper of a family tradition: Mom's recipe for her homemade bread and butter pickles from fresh picked garden cucumbers. Here is the recipe written in her handwriting! It is something that I cherish every year when I get it out! So, my daughter Kelley's garden exploded last week with cucumbers and I was the recipient of the bounty. Of course, the cucumbers come with the request.. Mom, will you make Grandma's pickles??? And once my brothers and sisters hear that Mom's pickles were put up, they will be wanting to know when I will be sending some their way! Here is how easy it is to make this family favorite. Start with getting the jars sterized. Next slice the cucumbers and onions, salt them down and let sit for 2 hours before you rise in cold water. Then everyone in the "pool " of spices, brown sugar and vinegar. Because these pickles taste so perfect on a sandwich, it was time to get out the grain grinder and grind the wheat and make some bread. Next step, remove the pickles after 15 minutes in the water bath. Finish baking the bread... And just look at who thinks he should get the credit for everything! Did I not mention last posting about this Scarecrow? He is really somethin'!! Maybe I should put the bread in the cabinet just in case he decides on a midnight snack! You just can't be sure about Scarecrows...especially this one! Are you putting up some favorite pickles this year? I would love to hear about your recipes too!!
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Red Tractor Girl	Posted - May 29 2012 : 09:42:23 AM Hi Missy- Please do use my recipe!! I hope you enjoy the results! Denise, yes the stove would work if it was attached to a propane tank and properly vented inside the house. I just enjoy it for it's old charm! Winnie #3109
pennyhenny	Posted - May 29 2012 : 09:04:08 AM Pickles look soooo good. Would you mind if I used your recipe? DH is wanting a good one for the cucs he's growing in the garden. Last year he made pickles using a pre-packaged spice mix and although they were good it wasn't GREAT. hugs, -missy- http://citychickblogging.blogspot.com/ Sisterhood Member#4003 Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower. John Harrigan
Bear5	Posted - May 29 2012 : 08:30:31 AM Hi Winnie, how nice of you to share. I'm hungary now for pickles and homemade bread!! Marly "It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross
country treasure	Posted - May 28 2012 : 5:02:48 PM Hi Winnie, Your pickles look sooo good & thanks for sharing the recipe! I love trying new ones. Nothing makes a kitchen smell better than hot bread out of the oven! Looks great. I can't beleive your cucs are already in jars. We just finished planting the garden & it snowed a bit over the weekend again. Judy country wishes!
Tall Holly	Posted - May 28 2012 : 4:21:24 PM I have not even put my cucumber seeds in the ground yet. Danger of frost might be past.....this year. lol Later in the summer I could try to make pickles. I have never done it before. thank you for the tutorial. Holly farmgirl #2499
FarmDream	Posted - May 28 2012 : 3:44:15 PM Sneaky scarecrow! He's trying to hide all those pickles behind his back. ~FarmDream is Farmgirl Sister #3069 Live Today, Cherish Yesterday, Dream Tomorrow http://www.etsy.com/shop/BitsofEntropy?ref=si_shop http://julie-rants.blogspot.com
levisgrammy	Posted - May 28 2012 : 1:51:19 PM I have a recipe for garlic dills that my daughter really loves! I have to pull out the recipe so I can make a copy for her to try for herself this year. :) Your scarecrow is cute and I love the old stove. Is the stove usable or just for show? farm girl sister#43 http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/ O, a trouble's a ton or a trouble's an ounce, Or a trouble is what you make it! And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts, But only--how did you take it? --Edmund C. Vance.

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