Here are the recipes we made today:
#1 made cucumbers with garlic and red wine vinegar.
#2 made pickled watermelon rind with black peppercorns and red wine vinegar.
#3 made pickled cherry tomatoes with cloves and distilled white vinegar.
#4 made pickled green beans with whole allspice and white wine vinegar.
Tony made pickled cauliflower with mustard seeds and apple cider vinegar.
I made pickled carrots with celery seeds and white wine vinegar.
When everyone else's recipes were done, I took some of the leftovers (and we had a lot of leftover vegetables), and made a mixed batch. The mixed batch included carrots, cucumbers, green beans, garlic, mustard seeds, whole cloves, celery seeds, whole allspice, and a mix of organic apple cider vinegar and red wine vinegar.
Prepare your veggies (rinse and cut, poke holes in the tomatoes) and stuff a jar (we used 16 ounce jars, which are a lot smaller than we imagined 16 ounces to be). Then fill the jar with the vinegar to cover your vegetables. Pour the vinegar out into a microwave safe bowl and add in 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp sugar, and 1 tsp of the spice. For #1's garlic, she added one regular and two small cloves. Cook the liquid mix in the microwave until it boils. Our first batch took about 2 minutes, 10 seconds to come to a boil. Each subsequent batch took less and less time as the bowl was already warm (we rinsed in hot water between uses) and the microwave was staying pretty warm. By the last batch it was boiling by 1 minute 35 seconds. Carefully take your hot pickling solution out of the microwave, stir to make sure the salt and sugar are dissolved, and pour it over your soon-to-be-pickles! Screw on the lid and leave them on the counter until they're room temperature. Once they've cooled to room temp, pop them in the refrigerator. They'll be ready to eat in 4-48 hours (says the recipe guide). We will be tasting our creations on Friday when we are back out at my parents' house for St. Patrick's Day dinner (corned beef - yum!). Update (and voting results) to come!
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And as promised, I will close with a video of Elsa munching on some leftover watermelon. Be sure to turn your sound on because she makes the cutest chewing noises!