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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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!!
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.
Beautiful pickles - we lost our cuc plants in Irene!! I do love fresh pickles!
Great sketch.
Love it!
Stew.
Such a clever lady! Enjoy. :D
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
Please pass the pickles? Great Stuff!
I have no idea what a "bread and butter" pickle is, but they sure look delicious in your painting!
I don't know what butter pickles are, but I love the painting you made of them.
Great drawing, I can almost taste them. Now, like Caatje, I wonder about breat and butter pickles!
Wow, look at those pickles! They look so real!
They do look real and I bet they taste good too!
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
They look real! Nicely done.
Uh oh! Between your drawing and your story, my mouth's watering! Great pickle drawing and great story too.
Fabulous painting! Lovely to hear about the pickling too :) Thank you for sharing.
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
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!
I love pickles =) and the colors of this one are just so vivid and vibrant. Love it!
=) Thanks for the comment Ann
I know what bread and butter pickles are! And I can just taste them now -- pickle day sounds wonderful, and so is the sketch.
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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