This morning I made dilled carrots with all the carrots I'd stashed from the farm share - just under 5 pounds. This hasn't been a banner year for carrots, it seems. We've gotten tons of onions, peppers, eggplant and squash, but really not a lot of tomatoes, carrots, or beets. Every year is different.
Also, there has been no dill from the farm, so I had to buy some. Which meant this batch has dill sprigs and not the flower heads. It still works just the same. I used my Korean red pepper this time, and made 4 pints with the red pepper and 1.5 pints without. (That last half-pint is all the odd sized ends of the carrots, cut into pennies.) I think 5.5 pints of dilled carrots will be enough for a year, anyway.
It's raining out today so any plans I might have had to do yard work or walk in the woods looking for berries is pretty much out of the question. We're going to the stables later; maybe if it isn't raining I'll look there. Last week I came home with a bunch of Concord grapes and a handful of autumn olives - not enough of either to do anything at all.
Also, there has been no dill from the farm, so I had to buy some. Which meant this batch has dill sprigs and not the flower heads. It still works just the same. I used my Korean red pepper this time, and made 4 pints with the red pepper and 1.5 pints without. (That last half-pint is all the odd sized ends of the carrots, cut into pennies.) I think 5.5 pints of dilled carrots will be enough for a year, anyway.
It's raining out today so any plans I might have had to do yard work or walk in the woods looking for berries is pretty much out of the question. We're going to the stables later; maybe if it isn't raining I'll look there. Last week I came home with a bunch of Concord grapes and a handful of autumn olives - not enough of either to do anything at all.
And, of course, a day later there was finally dill at the farm...oh, well!
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