Pickle Success!

Three weeks ago, June 9, 2017, I tried my hand at making dill pickles.  Today was the day to try them and if I do say so myself, and I do, they are very good.  I have Dill Pickle Success!  I was afraid they would taste flat or maybe even sour, as I have read in a group that it happened to someone - half dill and half sour.  Can you imagine that taste? 



Been sitting in the dark pantry
for three weeks now...

Smells like dill pickles...



Looks like a dill pickle...

 

But most of all...it taste like a dill pickle!  I'm proud of my first pickle success.  Now maybe I'll get a little brave and add a little heat to the next batch.  Maybe.  We shall see. 

 

Until next time, keep on jamming.





 

Oh Bring Me Some Figgy...

...Jam!  It was a long time coming but I was finally able to make some fig jam.  It was a small batch but that's okay for my first time.   

2.5 Cups of Mission Figs




Mix with a cup of sugar and let sit for 1 hour
 





Doesn't this look yummy?

Don't these look good?

 

Ta Da! 

My small batch recipe yielded 1 half-pint jar and two 1 ounce jars (aren't they cute?).  I will be making this again and also adding some different flavors, such as strawberry, orange and possibly adding some Grand Marnier. 

Until next time, keep on jamming!



Oh The Anticipation...

It's been two weeks now since I made my first batch of dill pickles. I still have 1 - 2 weeks left before I can try them. Oh the agony of the wait! I have them on the top shelf in my pantry trying the "out of sight out of mind" thing but it's not working very well. I know they are there. 

Until next time, keep on jammin!

What's the Dill, Pickle?

Well I'll tell you...I decided to try my hand at canning dill pickles.  First I went to Pavlock Farms to get some pickling cucumbers.  Farm grown and harvested right outside The Barn and they have fresh dill, too!

Don't they look yummy?  Now it's time to fill the jars with fresh dill, garlic and cucumbers. 

 After all the jars were filled, it was time to fill them with the brine and give them a water bath for 15 minutes. 

Now to just (im)patiently wait for 3-4 weeks before we can try them. 
 

I will report back next month after finally getting to taste my first dill pickles! 

Until next time, keep on jammin!

Figs, figs, figs

It's about that time...fig season!  I am itching to try my hand at fig jam and preserves.  I have been waiting for June to get here since January as fig-picking season is June, July and August.  I remember every year my grandmother would make fig preserves and I would just eat them up.  I hope mine will be as good as hers, or at least as good as I remember.  It's been a (very long) while. 

I have recipes for Strawberry Fig Jam, Fig Grand Marnier (what's a little orange liqueur in fig jam?) and of course, good old fashioned Fig Preserves.  Do you have a favorite?  

Until next time, jam on!