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lathermaker
Farmgirl in Training
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Karla
Gilbert
Iowa
USA
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 Posted - Jun 07 2005 : 10:52:54 PM
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Hi ladies: I'm Karla from Central Iowa. I'm a genuine Farm Girl! My folks had an acreage when I was growning up. I did more than my share of walking beans, feeding livestock and taking care of my various pets. Dogs, cats, guinea pigs, rabbits, a piglet here and there and I think I even had a salamander! LOL
I'm happily childfree living on an acreage with my husband of 15 years. I have a full-time business of selling Handmade Soaps and Toiletries. My husband should be retiring this year which will give him more time to work on his garden.
I really love the Back to Nature way of doing things and I'm always experimenting with new crafts and such. I've been really getting into canning and freezing produce from my DH's garden. Does anyone have a recipe for a Sweet Dill Pickle??????
I think I've blabbed enough! Great to be here.
Karla Moore
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Edited by - lathermaker on Jun 07 2005 11:02:13 PM |
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Eileen
True Blue Farmgirl
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Eileen
USA
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Posted - Jun 08 2005 : 09:11:29 AM
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Hi Karla,
Sweet dill pickles, now that sounds like it might be yummy.
Welcome to the forum.
Eileen
songbird; singing joy to the earth |
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fiddlegirl
Farmgirl in Training
24 Posts
Deborah
Clymer
PA
USA
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Posted - Jun 08 2005 : 11:28:43 AM
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| Hi Karla, I don't have the sweet dill pickle recipe either but it sounds good. I'd like to try it if you find one. I also like to make soap too. Sometimes mine comes out a bit weird looking but it still works. Well, welcome from one newbie to another. Deb |
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mollymae
True Blue Farmgirl
694 Posts
Molly
Visalia
California
USA
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Posted - Jun 09 2005 : 07:07:15 AM
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Hi Karla, welcome to the group!
Cead Mile Failte,
Molly
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." --Henry David Thoreau
**When life throws scraps your way ~ Make a Quilt!**
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quiltedess
True Blue Farmgirl
296 Posts
Nancy
Priest River
ID
USA
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Posted - Jun 09 2005 : 07:46:42 AM
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Karla:
Lately when I've needed a recipe I just "Google It". I typed in Sweet Dill Pickles and got several links to recipes. One that sounded promising is:
Sweet-Dill Refrigerator Pickles
2 cups sugar
2 cups vinegar
2 cups water
1/4 cup salt
1 large onion-sliced
3/4-1 cup minced fresh dill
3 quarts unpeeled cucumbers-sliced
Combine sugar, vinegar, water, and salt--bring to boil, and boil 1 minute.
In large NONMETALLIC container, combine cucumbers, onion, and dill.
Pour dressing over; cool; cover; then refrigerate for at least 3 days, stirring each day.
This makes 3 1/2 quarts--cut in half if you wish.
Hope this helps.
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Celticheart
True Blue Farmgirl
811 Posts
Marcia
WA
USA
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Posted - Jun 09 2005 : 10:16:08 AM
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Hi Karla,
I have a Sweet Dill Pickle recipe I've used for years. I find it and post it for you.
Marcia
"I suppose the pleasure of country life lies really in the eternally renewed evidence of the determination to live." Vita Sackville-West
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Celticheart
True Blue Farmgirl
811 Posts
Marcia
WA
USA
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Posted - Jun 09 2005 : 10:24:27 AM
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OK, here it is:
Weird--it says for 1 jar--when did I ever make just 1 jar of pickles??
Put into a quart jar:
sliced cucumbers
1 sprig of dill or 1 scant tsp. dill seed
1 clove garlic
Bring to a boil and add to jar:
1 cup water
2 cups vinegar
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 tsp. salt
Water bath 20 minutes.
Hope this helps. Like Nancy I often google for recipes nowdays or go to my favorite recipe site--Allrecipes.com
Marcia
"I suppose the pleasure of country life lies really in the eternally renewed evidence of the determination to live." Vita Sackville-West
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greanmama
Farmgirl in Training
13 Posts
Kim
Madison
WI
USA
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Posted - Jun 09 2005 : 8:07:20 PM
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Welcome Karla. This is a great group.
Kim
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Jun 09 2005 : 10:18:36 PM
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Welcome Karla..glad you are here!! I made sweet dill pickles years ago..wonder what recipe I even used??? They were really good. One of my Aunt's still talks about them.
Jenny in Utah
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Kim
True Blue Farmgirl
146 Posts
Kim
Pflugerville
Texas
USA
146 Posts |
Posted - Jun 10 2005 : 3:32:30 PM
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Welcome Karla!
farmgirl@heart
Be at peace with yourself and the rest will follow |
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lathermaker
Farmgirl in Training
11 Posts
Karla
Gilbert
Iowa
USA
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Posted - Jun 12 2005 : 12:13:53 AM
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THANK YOU for the recipes. I buy these pickles at the grocery store and pay an arm and leg for them. They are called sweet dill strips. The brand name is Sechlers. I would just love to be able to get a close duplication of them. Last year I made plain dills and some bread and butters. This canning stuff kinda gets to be an addiction! lOL
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