Homestead Acres » carrots http://homestead-acres.com Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:16:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Can Jam #2: Pickled Carrots http://homestead-acres.com/blog/recipes/can-jam-2-pickled-carrots/ http://homestead-acres.com/blog/recipes/can-jam-2-pickled-carrots/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:22:38 +0000 Kim http://www.homestead-acres.com/blog/?p=1050 [...]]]> I’ll try to update this with photos tomorrow.

Pickled Carrots

  • 5 pounds carrots
  • 2 cups water
  • 6 cups vinegar
  • 1/2 cup pickling salt
  • 1 tsp pickling spice per jar
  • 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes per jar
  • 1 sprig of dill weed per jar

Wash and peel carrots.  Slice into rounds 1/4″ thick or into sticks.  Combine salt, water and vinegar in a pot and bring to a boil.   Add spices and carrots to jars.  Top with pickling liquid.  Remove air bubbles, add lids.  Can for 10 min in a water bath canner, adjust to your altitude.

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Yesterday I decided to tackle some of the carrots we harvested.  I peeled and cut about 3/4′s of a sink full.  And messed up my shoulder again. (sigh) LOL So I put the carrots in a pot of cold water over night.  I just put them in the canner now.  Don’t ask me how many carrots I have left to can! LOL!!!  What a mixed up garden/weather year it was.  They should have been ready to can in Aug. but they weren’t until Oct.

Hubby just came in saying how cold it was outside.  That the east wind has started.  I wonder how much longer till the snow starts….

Oh yes, yesterday I got dh to take me to Walmart.  And this one was pretty much out of black fleece to! LOL  Starting to laugh yet?  I got the woman to measure out the tiny bit left and it was 3 inches short of a meter.  Also the one end had a big half circle cut out of it….That just wouldn’t do for a blanket backing lol.  So I found a nice winter tree print and a solid blue.  I’ll use that to make one, and I’m hoping I have enough of the other prints to make a backing from…I have to pull them out tomorrow and see.

I did find some pretty light yellow fleece remnants at a great price though.  They will make some nice longies for dd.

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