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[Baymule]

How was the pickle making session Bay?

We had a good time. She is like a daughter to us, I've know her since she was about 9 years old, she just turned 40. She's getting married in October, DH is walking her down the aisle. Her fiancé lives on his father's ranch, 900 acres, and has promised to fence and till up a garden for her. She lived with us for about a year at one time and she got bit by my garden bug. LOL

Her fiancé said that he didn't like pickles, but I convinced him to try one of mine, and he devoured it. He loves them. So I picked a goodly batch of cucumbers and invited her over to learn how to make them.

Here is the recipe for y'all. Copy it and print it out, add it to your recipe books. I have a 3 ring binder with the clear plastic sheets that I use. This came from my great grandmother, 12-13-1877 to 5-11-1980, to my grandmother to me. I first made these when I was in high school and have made them ever since. I can sit down and eat a jar of them, then drink the syrup! LOL They make the BEST deviled eggs! I mince up pickles and add a little of the syrup too.

Mamma Wall's Spicy Sweet Pickles
8 pounds cucumbers, sliced 1/4" thick
2 cups pickling lime
10 cups sugar
8 cups apple cider vinegar
1 bottle pickling spice
Place cucumbers in plastic or stainless steel pot or bucket NO ALUMINUM! Aluminum will
darken the pickles.
Cover with cold water and 2 cups pickling lime. Place plate on top to weight cucumbers down.
Soak 24 hours. Remove cucumber slices and rinse well. Pour lime water outside on the garden.
Return slices to the container, cover with cold water and 2 cups apple cider vinegar, soak for 2 hours.
In a big stainless steel cooking pot, mix sugar, vinegar and spices over medium heat. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Drain cucumbers and add to syrup in the pot. Cook until the slices are translucent.
Pour boiling water into clean fruit jars. Pour boiling water over lids and rings.
this is to get the jars hot, sterilize them, so they won't crack at putting hot pickles and syrup in them. Boiling water over the lids is for a better seal. Dump hot water out of jars, pack with pickles and syrup, wipe rim and seal. Place jars in boiling water bath for 10 minutes.

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[Baymule]

@MatthewsHomestead that is a great FREE chicken coop! I love it. I am such a scrounger, I love deals like that. I can't wait to see what you do with it. Paint it some fun colors, bright and maybe paint pictures on it and just have fun.

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

@MatthewsHomestead that is a great FREE chicken coop! I love it. I am such a scrounger, I love deals like that. I can't wait to see what you do with it. Paint it some fun colors, bright and maybe paint pictures on it and just have fun.

Yes!!!! You get me then! Everything else is barn red trim on white or vice versa.... It all looks great. But I really wanted this as my "nursery" so I thought about bright and colorful and just going crazy with it! I'll have to see what kind of paint I can score. Even if it's just primary colors, that's where all the others come from....

 

[Baymule]

Post a picture of it, front, side and back. We'll come up with a color scheme for you! This is coming from a crazy woman who painted a kitchen bright red and white, everybody else hated it, but I loved it.

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

We had a good time. She is like a daughter to us, I've know her since she was about 9 years old, she just turned 40. She's getting married in October, DH is walking her down the aisle. Her fiancé lives on his father's ranch, 900 acres, and has promised to fence and till up a garden for her. She lived with us for about a year at one time and she got bit by my garden bug. LOL

Her fiancé said that he didn't like pickles, but I convinced him to try one of mine, and he devoured it. He loves them. So I picked a goodly batch of cucumbers and invited her over to learn how to make them.

Here is the recipe for y'all. Copy it and print it out, add it to your recipe books. I have a 3 ring binder with the clear plastic sheets that I use. This came from my great grandmother, 12-13-1877 to 5-11-1980, to my grandmother to me. I first made these when I was in high school and have made them ever since. I can sit down and eat a jar of them, then drink the syrup! LOL They make the BEST deviled eggs! I mince up pickles and add a little of the syrup too.

Mamma Wall's Spicy Sweet Pickles
8 pounds cucumbers, sliced 1/4" thick
2 cups pickling lime
10 cups sugar
8 cups apple cider vinegar
1 bottle pickling spice
Place cucumbers in plastic or stainless steel pot or bucket NO ALUMINUM! Aluminum will
darken the pickles.
Cover with cold water and 2 cups pickling lime. Place plate on top to weight cucumbers down.
Soak 24 hours. Remove cucumber slices and rinse well. Pour lime water outside on the garden.
Return slices to the container, cover with cold water and 2 cups apple cider vinegar, soak for 2 hours.
In a big stainless steel cooking pot, mix sugar, vinegar and spices over medium heat. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Drain cucumbers and add to syrup in the pot. Cook until the slices are translucent.
Pour boiling water into clean fruit jars. Pour boiling water over lids and rings.
this is to get the jars hot, sterilize them, so they won't crack at putting hot pickles and syrup in them. Boiling water over the lids is for a better seal. Dump hot water out of jars, pack with pickles and syrup, wipe rim and seal. Place jars in boiling water bath for 10 minutes.


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Handsome couple!!!! Thank you for sharing!!!!
Quick question.... What are the benefits of pouring into the garden? I may just put it in a bottle and let it spray through the hose if it's super nutrient rich....

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

Post a picture of it, front, side and back. We'll come up with a color scheme for you! This is coming from a crazy woman who painted a kitchen bright red and white, everybody else hated it, but I loved it.

As soon as I get back home I will!! Currently stranded at the library BC the Hubbs' truck needs a jump and some fuel I guess in the carburetor?? He can't swing through until his lunch break. At which point I will be taking my car back and he can keep his old clunker.

Really it's a nice truck. An 86 GMC Sierra classic. Needs a small amount of cosmework. But definitely need a deep fine tuning on everything under the hood.....

 

[RollingAcres]

We had a good time. She is like a daughter to us, I've know her since she was about 9 years old, she just turned 40. She's getting married in October, DH is walking her down the aisle. Her fiancé lives on his father's ranch, 900 acres, and has promised to fence and till up a garden for her. She lived with us for about a year at one time and she got bit by my garden bug. LOL

That's so nice to hear that DH is walking her down the aisle! Congrats on her coming nuptial! Bay, you are a great teacher and mentor to her and to us here in BYH. I'm glad that her fiancé is going to get a garden ready for her.

Here is the recipe for y'all. Copy it and print it out, add it to your recipe books. I have a 3 ring binder with the clear plastic sheets that I use. This came from my great grandmother, 12-13-1877 to 5-11-1980, to my grandmother to me. I first made these when I was in high school and have made them ever since. I can sit down and eat a jar of them, then drink the syrup! LOL They make the BEST deviled eggs! I mince up pickles and add a little of the syrup too.

Thank you for sharing your grandmother's recipe with us! I know you have shared the link to this recipe before but I couldn't remember where. I too have a 3 ring binder with clear plastic sheets to keep the recipes I printed out. I have some saved on my phone as well, which I should print out and put in the binder. You know we can't always trust technology to save stuff for us.

 

[RollingAcres]

Post a picture of it, front, side and back. We'll come up with a color scheme for you! This is coming from a crazy woman who painted a kitchen bright red and white, everybody else hated it, but I loved it.

Great idea!

Everything else is barn red trim on white or vice versa

I love barn red. I told DH if/when we need new siding, we're getting barn red. He rolled his eyes. lol

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Great idea!


I love barn red. I told DH if/when we need new siding, we're getting barn red. He rolled his eyes. lol

Maybe go with a barn red tin roof??

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

I like it. But EVERYTHING is that color scheme. Even the house is brick red and white!
I'm excited about this coop. The Hubbs' doesn't get a say on it this go around....