not corn

I love Corn Relish.  It is a salad I make a few times over the course of a summer and I thought it would be great to be able to open a jar of fresh picked corn during the drab seasons.  Last night as I was reading through Corn Relish recipes I had a change of heart.  The long cooking time, followed by the long processing time, equals mushy.  I do not want mushy corn.

Instead, I put up some more pickles.

These are the spicy variety.  I used red pepper flakes and fresh dill.  I am not sure how many jars of pickles I put up last year, but it was not enough.  We ran out a few months ago.  I may do one more batch.  Youngest Son loves pickles.

With that I am out of 1/2 pint jars, have 1 pint jar, and half a dozen quarts.  I do not think I will purchase more 1/2 pints.  We are jammed up and I do not envision any more jam sessions this year.  I should pick up a few cases of pint sized jars.  There are still LOTS of vegetables I want to work with.  Peaches are the only thing I can think of that will require quart jars, so I will probably wait to see of those will be needed.  After this summer and fall I can't imagine that I will need to buy jars ever again.  fingers crossed

Comments

[Toby]

I'm so impressed with how much canning you've been doing. I started my garden this year, maybe learning to can will be next year.

[knittingkitty]

Nice canning! Where did you get your pickling cukes? My plant refused to grow this year.