Well, after dating Todd for a while now and visiting Wisconsin a few times I am convinced Wisconsinites have a diet of mostly cheese, beer, and pickled foods.
Todd's not too picky and enjoys just about everything, and in true Wisconsin form he does love a pickled something or other, to the point that his grandparents used to call him Picklefritz.
He really wants "us," a.k.a., me, to try canning, which I'm not opposed to and have always wanted to learn anyway. His mom even gave me all her old canning stuff so I have no excuse but to get my can on.
So, over the weekend, I decided to try my hand at it.
I chose a quick pickling recipe I've had hidden away in my recipe books for a while now. It's called quick pickling because it doesn't require the boiling of the jars and all that jazz. You just throw it all together in a jar and let it sit in the fridge for a week and...like magic!...pickled...whatever you chose.
In this particular instance the recipe called for green beans, which we had in Old Fashioneds at his grandma's house last year.
It is super simple, too!
The beans as they're getting snapped and thrown in the jars...
Beans swimming in spicy pickling juice. This recipe calls for LOTS of garlic and some dried hot red chilis...
And Todd can't keep his hands out of them! To really "pickle" they're supposed to sit for a week, but he keeps sneaking beans. I have no confidence they will make it to the end of the week. But I can see why. This recipe is truly fantastic! And, as I mentioned, amazingly simple!
I highly recommend it! You won't be disappointed.
I've been dying to make a batch of jam, but the whole canning thing makes me nervous.
ReplyDeleteThose green beans look incredible. I don't think that I've ever had a pickled green bean! Enjoy!