I have jalapenos out the wazoo
so Mr. Hawthorne and I need to can a bunch.
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I picked a colander full
and still didn't get all of them.
Plus, this will encourage more blossoms.
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I stuck a soda can in there so you can get
an idea of the size here.
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Mr. Hawthorne started slicing the jalapenos ...
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... and filling the jars.
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We'd run the jars through the dish washer
on high heat first to sterilize.
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Mr. Hawthorne then added about a teaspoon
of Kosher salt to each jar.
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Then he filled the jars 1/3 way up with vinegar.
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The lids were sterilized with boiling water.
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Then he added boiling water to fill up each jar ...
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... and put the lids on.
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Notice he stopped at five jars.
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The next day,
I started on the rest of the jalapenos.
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I had actually found an old dry-rotting
latex glove which I used to hold the jalapenos
while I sliced with the other hand.
One can never be too careful
when dealing with capsaicins.
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A teaspoon of salt in each jar.
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1/3 way up with vinegar.
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I love the colors here.
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Fill with boiling water.
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One of the nicest sounds in the world
is the pop of sealing jars.
6 comments:
The colors are beautiful....kinda look like Christmas. Gotta agree with you on the music of lid popping.
Tortietat,
I thought of you and your dear aunts when I wrote that post. Knew you could relate.
Poppin' lids. Music to my ears.
I remember when I was a little girl and Mama finished canning for the day, we would sit down to rest and count the lid pops.
We're still canning peppers every week and a few jars of tomatoes along, but most everything else in the gardens around here has withered and died.
Rosie,
What is all this crap below about marrage from Anony ?
I wish I knew. I had over 60 comments spread throughout my blog by Anonymouse - all the same. All happened within a 45 minute period the other night.
And I have word verification too.
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