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Celticheart
True Blue Farmgirl
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Marcia
WA
USA
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 Posted - May 30 2008 : 11:02:28 AM
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Does anybody have a really great recipe for pickled asparagus? I've checked allrecipes.com already and I'm not sure I like the ones that are there.
Marcia-who has 50# of asparagus to pickle and freeze
"Nature always has the last laugh." Mrs. Greenthumbs
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - May 30 2008 : 5:37:57 PM
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Lucky you...I LOVE asparagus. I have only pickled it once a long time ago..never get enough at any one time to do a bunch that way...I use a dilly bean recipe...I liked the brine it used. If you don't find one you like, let me know and I will give you the recipe I like for dilly beans...then you just use the asparagus instead. They arn't a sweetish type though, if that is what you are looking for.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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Celticheart
True Blue Farmgirl
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Marcia
WA
USA
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Posted - May 30 2008 : 10:17:29 PM
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Thanks Jenny. I did finally find a couple of recipes that look good. I make dilly beans too and love them. We're doing part of them with that recipe and part with another recipe I found that looks sweet-hot.
"Nature always has the last laugh." Mrs. Greenthumbs
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
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USA
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joyfulmama
True Blue Farmgirl
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Debra
Silver Springs
NV
USA
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Posted - May 31 2008 : 5:03:17 PM
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Someone called me during the part of the Martha Stewart show yesterday that featured the pickle guy. I was really looking forward to it. I don't like asparagus cooked I wonder if I would like it pickled? I would love the dilly bean recipe! Thanks.
Blessings, Debra
Psalms 23:1 "The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want."
"Your life is an occasion, Rise to it." Mr Magorium..
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Celticheart
True Blue Farmgirl
811 Posts
Marcia
WA
USA
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Posted - Jun 01 2008 : 3:44:19 PM
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We did three different kinds of pickled asparagus.
Jenny and Debra--I'll email recipes to each of you in the next couple of days.
"Nature always has the last laugh." Mrs. Greenthumbs
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joyfulmama
True Blue Farmgirl
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Debra
Silver Springs
NV
USA
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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shepherdgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1008 Posts
Tracy
California
USA
1008 Posts |
Posted - Jun 04 2008 : 1:08:46 PM
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Aunt Jenny-- would you share the "Dilly Bean" recipe with us? Pretty Pleeeaaasssee?
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Celticheart
True Blue Farmgirl
811 Posts
Marcia
WA
USA
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Posted - Jun 04 2008 : 6:18:50 PM
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I'll share the Dilly Bean recipe with all of you if you want it.
"Nature always has the last laugh." Mrs. Greenthumbs
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Jun 04 2008 : 9:25:58 PM
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This is the one I like to use:
SPICY DILLY BEANS
5 lb. fresh green beans, rinsed and trimmed
6 c. water
1 c. pickling salt
6 c. vinegar
1/2 cup pickling spices
1/2 cup mustard seed
8 dried red chile peppers
16 cloves garlic, peeled but whole
1 tsp alum powder
Into each of 8 pint jars put one head of fresh dill (or a generous sprig of dill weed fresh), 1 Tbsp pickling spices, 1 Tbsp mustard seed, 1 dry pepper, and two of the garlic cloves and 1/8 tsp alum. Pack the beans in the herbs standing upright tightly (they look so pretty this way) and then ladle the hot brine over them, leaving 1/2" of head space. Seal the jars and process in a hot water bath canner for 6 minutes. They are best after 2 weeks in the jars...and wonderful cold!!!
makes 8 pints
I hope you like these!!!...Jenny
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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shepherdgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Tracy
California
USA
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Posted - Jun 05 2008 : 3:50:58 PM
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Thank you Aunt Jenny! They sound WONDERFUL!! I have one question though-- is it just a regular "water bath," or do you use a pressure canner? 'Cause I don't have one of those anymore! (I think hubby blew it up!!)
Marcia-- we'd love YOUR recipe too!! Thanks ladies ~~~ Tracy
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~~ George Carlin |
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Celticheart
True Blue Farmgirl
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Marcia
WA
USA
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Posted - Jun 05 2008 : 9:15:58 PM
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Here's mine....and it's different from Jenny's
Pickled Dilled Beans
2 pounds green beans--whatever that is. I just start filling jars and double or triple the brine.
1 C. white vinegar
3 C. water
2 Tablespoons pickling salt
2 teaspoons dill weed or dill seed
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 cloves garlic, crushed
Place the above ingredients in a saucepan and heat to a boil. Into each pint jar put 1 or 2 dried hot chilis, 1-2 cloves of garlic and a few sprigs of fresh dill. Pack the jars with the green beans. Pack them tightly, standing on end and trimmed to fit the jar. I agree with Jenny, they look so pretty that way. Cover beans with hot pickling liquid, leaving 1/2" headspace. Process in waterbath for 5 minutes.
This is also one of the recipes we used for the asparagus.
"Nature always has the last laugh." Mrs. Greenthumbs
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Celticheart
True Blue Farmgirl
811 Posts
Marcia
WA
USA
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Posted - Jun 05 2008 : 9:24:28 PM
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The other pickled asparagus recipe I used. I haven't tasted these yet but they sounded so good.
Makes 5, 12 oz. jars. Into each jar put:
1 clove garlic
3 allspice berries
6 black peppercorns
4 coriander seeds
1 small piece of mace, or nutmeg
1/2 t. hot pepper flakes(optional)
Pack jars with asparagus, trimmed to fit the jars, tips up or down
2 1/2 C. white vinegar
2 1/2 C. water
2 1/2 teaspoons pickling salt
2 Tablespoons sugar
Heat the vinegar, water salt and sugar in a saucepan until they boil. Pour over asparagus and process in a waterbath for 5 minutes.
Wait 3 weeks before eating.
"Nature always has the last laugh." Mrs. Greenthumbs
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Jun 05 2008 : 10:06:47 PM
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Just waterbath is enough for pickled things. Nice huh???????
I will have to try the other recipes too...I am anxious to try the spices in the second one especially...yum!!...now to find some asparagus!!!!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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shepherdgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1008 Posts
Tracy
California
USA
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Posted - Jun 06 2008 : 10:11:58 AM
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Thank you ladies. The recipe's sound SOOOO tastey!!! Yum! ~~Tracy
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~~ George Carlin |
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