Pickling Recipes

Puttin’ Up Banana Peppers— Guaranteeing Our Next Cheeseburger or Hotdog Will Rock!

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I was pretty excited today to go into the garden and find a bumper crop of banana peppers.  I love their sweet flavor fresh from the plant; but, this many wouldn’t keep long enough for me to eat all of them.  Fortunately, I have an old fashioned recipe that blends the fresh banana flavor with some sweet, some tart, and some spicy enhancements that are absolutely delicious on cheeseburgers, pizza, hotdogs, or even sandwiches.  After just 10 minutes in boiling hot water this fresh and delicious medley will last in my pantry for at least a year!  Less than an hour of work produced 9 pints of garden awesome.  Now, all I have to do is pop open a jar the next time I want to elevate ordinary burgers to gourmet heaven–which is something I value now that the crazy school/sports season is here.  Continue reading →

Sabrina’s Dill Pickle Recipe #5

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When I  would hear my mother say I needed “to boost my immune system” I would imagine combat ready cells flooding my body to attack the bad stuff.  I figured these fighters must be activated by orange juice because she always had a glass in hand when my immune system was being discussed; and, something to do with Vitamin C since that is what she said would do the trick.  Beyond that I didn’t think deeply about what exactly my immune system was and how it worked.  Somehow, despite a science heavy undergrad as an adult I still never really understood much better than my childhood imaginations.  Much later in life I was stunned to learn how between 70-80 percent of our immune system resides in our gut.  Continue reading →