This is my post for #freewriters 2565 prompt kick me when I’m down hosted by @mariannewest
I have never cared for radishes and my husband planted 3 big pots of them. I pulled some today to pickle. I have never had pickled radishes. I was telling my husband about how hot they get when they are bigger and I hope these were not too big. He says did you taste them, I cut a piece and bit into it, my tongue was on fire. I went ahead and cut enough up for one jar. Maybe they won't be as hot pickled or we will have hot pickled radishes to give someone.
I had a few squash left that I wanted to try pickled so I cut them up too. I used the recipe from my Aunt Mae's canning book.
I put the zucchini and onions in a bowl and after bringing the vinegar solution to a boil I poured it over the squash and radishes and let it sit for one hour. Next, I put it in a pot and boiled it for 3 minutes, now it was ready for the jars.
I was confused as to what to do because the recipe says to pack in jars, but it did not say if the juice went in the jar too, I put it in.
I have been looking at this recipe for a couple of days now and thought it was a simple process. This simple process took me most of the day, my back was hurting so bad after standing in the kitchen for so long.
I finally finished the "pickles" and thought I could sit down with the heating pad on my back, but I saw the time, kick me when I’m down it is 4:30, I can not sit, I have to go outside and collect grass and garden veggies for Rudy. It is now 5:30 and I got his cage cleaned and his food for the night, now I can sit with the heating pad and it feels so good.
photos are mine