Preserving the Harvest

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Comment by Mary Riekert 1 day ago

We sampled the cucumbers I pickled just before Christmas and while the flavour was good the skins were tough. They are gherkins or pickling cucumbers. Should I have peeled them? I would be grateful for any advice.

Comment by Kathryn on January 15, 2010 at 3:15am

During this time of year most people here are busy pickling. Carrots, cauliflower, cabbage, chillis, large radishes and other veggies are in and waiting to be pickled. Last month I made a couple of kilos of carrot sticks and a few small heads of cauliflower. Both of which turned out lovely and we have started eating them. This month I have done several kilos of carrot sticks, mixed veggies, red cabbage and will soon start making salgam. I will also make sauercraut with the red and white cabbages. We have done about 30 kilos so far and I plan to make at least that much or more again before the season is out. Up in the mountains there are some pomegrantes still fruiting so when we get up there I will pick the last of the fruit and make jam from them as well.

Comment by Joy Williams on January 12, 2010 at 3:29am

I tried bread and butter pickled zuks.... YUCK. I'm not growing zucchinis this year, I've already experienced them in all their forms and I just DO NOT like them.

Comment by Mary Riekert on January 11, 2010 at 4:56pm

Thanks for the relish recipe. I will make some this weekend.

Comment by N & K Grant on January 11, 2010 at 4:44pm

This is a zucchini recipe we have had great luck with
http://homesteadinginmaine.blogspot.com/2009/08/zucchini-relish.html

Comment by SaraBClever on January 11, 2010 at 3:59pm

Hello,

Thought this might be of interest--a "jam a long" challenge. I just made my first entry and it did show me how rusty I am in canning (after several months of no canning, on top of me just learning to do it) and what I need to get ready for a good year ahead!

http://tigressinajam.blogspot.com/2009/11/tigress-can-jam-food-blog-challenge.html

http://tigressinajam.blogspot.com/2009/11/tigress-can-jam-food-blog-challenge.html

Comment by Joel LeGrand on January 11, 2010 at 2:14pm

Hi everyone,
Kyle, thanks for the pickled zucchini ideal! I always plant too many plants, what the buds do not get, I give to coworkers, who do not garden. But I am going to start pickling this year, so I will try the squash too.

Comment by Mary Riekert on January 10, 2010 at 7:50pm

Thanks Kyle. I will try that. I have pickled cucumbers this summer and will try the same recipe for the zucchini. Every summer I make the same mistake - I vow to only plant one plant and usually end up with four plants and a glut. Everyone else does the same so you can't even give them away.

We have also had a bumper apricot harvest brought on early by the heatwave we are experiencing and I have made jam and sorbet and ice cream . Now the race is on to beat the birds to the mulberries.

Comment by Kyle Gassman on January 10, 2010 at 7:24pm

Mary this past summer we canned dill cucumber pickles and we had a few Zucchini left so we made them into long spear pikles too. Taste the same, and even naturally crisper.
I bet you could do Bread and Butter pickles with Zucchini too! They really take on the flavor of what ever you cook or season them with.

Comment by Mary Riekert on January 10, 2010 at 6:30pm

Does anyone have a recipe for zucchini relish or pickled zucchini. In southern Australia we're sweltering in 40 deg c ( 109deg F) heat and the only things flourishing are the zucchini.

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