Ingredients 1.5 pounds sliced bacon, cut crosswise into 1-inch pieces2 Medium yellow onions, diced small3 garlic cloves, smashed and peeled1/2 cup cider vinegar1/2 cup packed brown sugar1/4 cup cane syrup3/4 cup brewed coffee Directions In a large skillet, cook bacon … Continue reading
Category Archives: Preserving
About 8/20/2019 – In late September, we opened a pint jar of fermented banana peppers with seasonings, onion, and a few red pepper slices. It was really good. Came back here to find the entry and could not. So, below … Continue reading
8/13/2019 – Today we pulled up the serrano and jalapeno pepper plants in the garden to get ready for the fall garden. We picked the peppers off the bushes and ended up with about 3 gallons. 5/31/2020 – The jars … Continue reading
8/12/2019 – This recipe was inspired by the one here. This was our first pickling of banana peppers as the garden has now begun to produce a lot. … Continue reading
8/10/2019 – The 4th batch had too much dill and was not as nice as the 3rd which we liked a lot. So, this batch uses the same amount of dill as the third. Instead of 2 tbsp of lemon … Continue reading
8/05/2019 – The second and third ferments turned out very good. The row of okra in the garden daily produces 10-15 more small tender okra pods. We now have enough to make a quart and a pint. This ferment turned … Continue reading
7/19/2019 – Mary trimmed the stems from fresh small okra pods from our garden. She stuffed them tightly into a wide-mouth pint jar with garlic chunks. On 7/23/2019 we tried them. They were crunchy and had a good flavor that … Continue reading
7/16/2019 – Jalapeno peppers fresh from our garden. Stemmed and cut in half leaving seeds. Add three cloves of garlic to each of the two pints. Tried them after a week and they are painfully hot. Tried them a week … Continue reading
7/16/2019 – The ferment is essentially the same as our second that had been made in Houston on 10/15/2017 with a 6% brine and store-bought peppers and carrots. This time we used jalapenos grown in our garden and picked the … Continue reading
This was the third preparation of B&B pickles based on the prior two here and here. This has the reduced sugar used in the second prep and increased spices. It also has a lot more crisping agent based on the … Continue reading