Sweet Pickle Relish

When we came home from a week of camping I found that several of my large cucumbers had turned yellow!
Not sure yet if it was too much water or if they were too long on the vine, that I will need to research  later.

First up was salvaging them

Hence turning them into Sweet Pickle Relish!

A whole pot full!

We made 6 quarts of Sweet Pickle Relish 

and for the first time I had a can explode!

Not due to any error but my own.

I made a rookie mistake from being over tired as I was finishing the process that led to losing one whole quart of amazing deliciousness.

Sweet Pickle Relish

Link above for the recipe.

We needed to quadruple the recipe

As much as we used I barely dented my cucumber crop!
Next up Sweet Pickle Chunks & Spears.
Quickly followed by Jalapeno Pepper Jelly & Mint Jelly
Ending with Dill Pickles & Dill Spears
Not sure how long this is going to take me but its a safe bet that I'm going to be canning off and on for the next month.

My world is full of spices, jars and boiling water!

Hope everyone else is having a great and safe time with their gardens!

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OH! On a side note, please don't take short cuts when it comes to canning.

On one of my homesteading boards I saw someone wanting to stack cans in the canner,
many other people wrote in about how they routinely stack their smaller jars in their canners.
I do not recommend this.

Canning isn't like freezing or putting rice in a plastic bottle.

Canning is a process of using water and pressure to make your jars airtight..

If something fails you AT BEST will get sick from eating it.

Take the extra 10-20 minutes to do it correctly.
Its worth it.