My first attempt at pickles was an epic fail. I used a six-week pickle recipe out of Trisha Yearwood’s cookbook, and I shoulda known right off the bat it was gonna flunk. I could not find two of the ingredients – cinnamon & clove oil. I tried health food stores, pharmacies even (which is where she says to look for it) … and the pharmacist said.. “I wouldn’t sell it to you for a food product!! You don’t eat it!”… and so I tried the recipe with cinnamon sticks and whole cloves instead. For whatever reason, they were terrible. I love Trishas cookbook and use many recipes from it, so I will not lay blame there.
My next attempt was yesterday! And I think we have a winner. There are plenty of pickling methods, but a fellow blogger, Lisa of Two Bears Farm, recommend using a packet she found in Walmart in the canning section and loved. So off to Walmart I went, and I did find it.
“Well, this was the sole job of women
And seems to me it was pretty relaxing work!”
