An afternoon at the Farmers Mkt...

So I take off to the Farmers Mkt around noon to pick up a few of my favorite items such as a couple of loaves of onion dill bread, some hot sauce from Scotty B's (who wasn't there today) and assorted veggies and fruit from my regular vendors. I walked 6th St. in front of the Warner Grand Theater and stopped by the various vegetable tables to see how I can resupply my larder. At one table, the young lady had a basket of pickling cucumbers that immediately caught my attention. I've been thinking about making homemade kosher dills with my canner and couldn't pass up this opportunity to purchase these beautiful cucs that were on display. So I did. I bought around 20 cucumbers not quite sure what I would do with them or when. I continued my stroll down the street making a few more purchases and headed home. I showed Gloria what I had bought and got her opinion on how and what I should do with these pickles. After some discussion and a little research I headed for the store for some fresh dill and a couple of other ingredients, came home and got to work.
This is what I did...

I took the cucs and gave them a good scrub in the sink and let them drain.

I then trimmed and quartered the cucumbers and set them into a dish.

I washed my canning jars and lids. I chopped my fresh dill and garlic to put into the bottom after I sterililized the jars before packing with the sliced cucs.

I packed each jar with cucumber spears nice and tight with the garlic and dill sprinkled in the bottom.

Each jar was then filled with the pickling brine made of vinegar, water and spices known only to me. Muhahahahahahahahaha!

I took the filled jars, put the seals and lids on properly and submerged them in the canner for a five minute bath.

This is the final product sitting on the counter. These can be eaten in 24 hours but the flavors really develop after about two weeks. The jars of pickles can be stored in the pantry for a year and it's better to serve them cold because they'll have more snap when you eat them. I'll try to stay out of them for a few weeks but I make no promises. Anything could force me to open a jar and try them out Thanks for checking this out!
Caseman