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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Sketchbook Tuesday - Pickle day

It poured rain all day yesterday, as tropical storm Lee made its way up through our Southern mountains. So we did what any family would do on a washed out Labor Day holiday - we made pickles. I've had my mother-in-law's pickle recipe for years but never tried to make her delicious bread and butter pickles. Thinking about those pickles recently inspired us to give it a try. We bought a ton of locally grown, organic cucumbers (because you know we didn't grow cucumbers ourselves!) and pint jars, and set to work boiling jars and heating vinegar. Several hours later we had 10 pint jars filled and just a few left over cukes. It was a good pickle day.
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21 comments:

  1. bettyfromtexasSeptember 6, 2011 at 2:56 PM

    I am droolin' here!! I adore homemade bread and butter pickles! I think it was a wonderful day to spend the holiday, and your sketch is a delight!!

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  2. Jeanne CarrSeptember 6, 2011 at 3:13 PM

    We actually did grow cucumbers for the first time this year. Ironically, we don't really care for them, but my husband loves pickles, so I think we're going to give that a try. We have 3 on the vine and 1 on the kitchen counter right now. Is that enough to pickle?
    For me today was Bird day. In fact it's bird week at the Noodle Factory. I'd love some feedback and some votes on which bird to draw tomorrow.

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  3. SandySeptember 6, 2011 at 3:18 PM

    Beautiful pickles - we lost our cuc plants in Irene!! I do love fresh pickles!

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 6, 2011 at 3:50 PM

    Great sketch.
    Love it!
    Stew.

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  5. Rose WeltySeptember 6, 2011 at 8:11 PM

    Such a clever lady! Enjoy. :D

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  6. Gillian MowbraySeptember 7, 2011 at 5:18 AM

    A good pickle day means a great sketch day too. I love that you call them 'cukes' too, as our family has always done. x

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  7. ClareSeptember 7, 2011 at 5:49 AM

    Please pass the pickles? Great Stuff!

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  8. Autumn LeavesSeptember 7, 2011 at 5:50 AM

    I have no idea what a "bread and butter" pickle is, but they sure look delicious in your painting!

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  9. Carin WinkelmanSeptember 7, 2011 at 6:28 AM

    I don't know what butter pickles are, but I love the painting you made of them.

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  10. kazumiwannabeSeptember 7, 2011 at 9:36 AM

    Great drawing, I can almost taste them. Now, like Caatje, I wonder about breat and butter pickles!

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  11. TimareeSeptember 7, 2011 at 11:04 AM

    Wow, look at those pickles! They look so real!

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  12. Cathy HoltomSeptember 7, 2011 at 3:52 PM

    They do look real and I bet they taste good too!

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  13. nanke's stuffSeptember 7, 2011 at 4:48 PM

    Mmmmm - I just know those pickles will be delicious from looking at their beauteous selves! What a great way to spend a rainy day! nancy

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  14. Dan KentSeptember 7, 2011 at 8:58 PM

    They look real! Nicely done.

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  15. Ellen BurkettSeptember 8, 2011 at 2:33 PM

    Uh oh! Between your drawing and your story, my mouth's watering! Great pickle drawing and great story too.

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  16. Catherine MooreSeptember 8, 2011 at 4:59 PM

    Fabulous painting! Lovely to hear about the pickling too :) Thank you for sharing.

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  17. Jennifer RoseSeptember 8, 2011 at 5:48 PM

    very nice sketch :) I use to help my grandmother when she was alive to make pickles, would eat a lot of them before the day was done :p

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  18. CharlotteSeptember 9, 2011 at 5:12 AM

    Bread and butter pickles sound intriguieng... My husband was making branstone- style pickle (english pickle sauce for sandwiches)the other day, but we might have to try pickling cucumbers next. All this inspired by your sketch!

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  19. AlexSeptember 10, 2011 at 4:24 AM

    I love pickles =) and the colors of this one are just so vivid and vibrant. Love it!
    =) Thanks for the comment Ann

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  20. ChristieSeptember 12, 2011 at 1:53 PM

    I know what bread and butter pickles are! And I can just taste them now -- pickle day sounds wonderful, and so is the sketch.

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  21. UnknownSeptember 12, 2011 at 11:06 PM

    I should have thought of making pickles before I gave all my homegrown cucumbers to the neighbors before they went bad! Lovely page! I do love pickles and it's funny how just seeing a drawing of one can set my mouth to watering!

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