In article >, Ross@home
wrote:

> On Fri, 5 Aug 2011 16:57:48 -0700 (PDT), Mimi >
> wrote:
>
> >I'm makin':
> >Peach jam for my DIL who is mad about peaches and...
> >pesto, my basil is still doin' okay despite no rain--I'm keepin' it
> >wet with harvested water from the a/c drain.
>
> Harvested some pickling cucumbers this morning. We hadn't made bread &
> butter pickles for years so that's what they became. Only got enough
> for a 6 pint batch so, we scaled down and used a saved recipe,
> originally posted to RFP some time ago, by Her Eminence Melba Ist.
> In addition to the cucumbers, the onions, garlic and green pepper also
> from our garden, had to resort to store bought for the red pepper.
> Only addition we made to the recipe was the addition of Pickle Crisp.
> Sure do make fine looking jars of pickles.
> Thanks Barb.
>
> Ross, with a lot of help from Gerry.

You're welcome. I just set my fourth batch to soaking in the salted ice.
Next up is prepping the infusion for mint jelly.
Followed by finishing the berry chipotle barbecue sauce.
--
Barb,
http://web.me.com/barbschaller July 27, 2011. Read it and weep.