Day 1 of 2 making sweet pickles. I am sick with a pretty snotty cold. I am washing my hands before starting pickle (or sickle, as I now refer to it in my head) prep. I think the vinegar will take care of any remaining germs.
Anyways. The recipe maddeningly calls for 4 quarts of cucumbers. I am making these notes here so that I can remember this for next year. One 10lb bag of pickling cukes slices into 9 quarts of soon-to-be-pickles, plus a quart of onions means that tomorrow I am making a 2.5x batch of sweet sickles. At the rate my sister and I eat these I bet they will last about six months. (Ask us about the crackers/cheese/pickles-with-the-fridge-door-open diet.)
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