{"id":961,"date":"2011-07-30T09:11:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-30T14:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/garden-fresh-pickles-3\/"},"modified":"2011-07-30T09:11:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-30T14:11:00","slug":"garden-fresh-pickles-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/garden-fresh-pickles-3\/","title":{"rendered":">Garden Fresh Pickles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>>About a year ago I decided to look up a pickle recipe because we had cucumers and dill in the school garden. After a bit of looking I found a great recipe on eHow that looked quick and easy.<\/p>\n<p>At one point I used garden grown chilies in my pickles, but this time they&#8217;re from the market. In addition, I had hoped at some point to use garden grown garlic, but that experiment didn&#8217;t work. <\/p>\n<p>I was lamenting the fact that we didn&#8217;t have the ingredients before 4th of July. Just imagine these pickles with our hamburgers and fries &#8211; perfect American meal in the heart of Thailand!<\/p>\n<p><strong>24 Hour Pickles*<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>What you need:<\/em><br \/>White vinegar<br \/>Water<br \/>Salt<br \/>Cucumbers<br \/>Fresh garlic<br \/>Fresh dill heads<br \/>Chilies (optional)<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-9vs6C6ASjiY\/TjQGwUZtqgI\/AAAAAAAABQU\/7Pt3PZ0V-0s\/s1600\/pickles.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-9vs6C6ASjiY\/TjQGwUZtqgI\/AAAAAAAABQU\/7Pt3PZ0V-0s\/s400\/pickles.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635136460927379970\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step one:<\/strong> Combine the following ingredients in a large pot and bring to a boil: <br \/>1 cup vinegar<br \/>5 cups water<br \/>1\/3rd cup salt<br \/>Once the vinegar\/salt\/water (brine) has boiled, set aside and let cool completely.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-qHSV3tfRJmk\/TjQGwUZ3p9I\/AAAAAAAABQM\/N6DmQfECim0\/s1600\/pickles%2B%25281%2529.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-qHSV3tfRJmk\/TjQGwUZ3p9I\/AAAAAAAABQM\/N6DmQfECim0\/s400\/pickles%2B%25281%2529.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635136460928034770\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Cut 5-6 fresh pickle-sized cucumbers lengthwise into wedges (or slices for hamburgers!).<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-6J1YPXwOp8I\/TjQGwLWg_3I\/AAAAAAAABQE\/EZPj-G2Lw0s\/s1600\/pickles%2B%25282%2529.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-6J1YPXwOp8I\/TjQGwLWg_3I\/AAAAAAAABQE\/EZPj-G2Lw0s\/s400\/pickles%2B%25282%2529.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635136458498047858\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Peel about ten cloves of garlic and slice finely.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong> Put the cucumbers, garlic, 5 or 6 fresh heads of dill, and 2-3 chillies in a 1\/2 gallon air-tight glass container (or equivalent).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5:<\/strong> Pour the (cooled) brine into the jar(s). Secure the cover and place in the refrigerator.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-_HcB9xZo1Ak\/TjQGwNY-1gI\/AAAAAAAABP8\/M41ZFa-7sJw\/s1600\/pickles%2B%25283%2529.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-_HcB9xZo1Ak\/TjQGwNY-1gI\/AAAAAAAABP8\/M41ZFa-7sJw\/s400\/pickles%2B%25283%2529.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635136459045262850\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pickles are ready in 24 hours!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><font size=1>*This recipe was from eHow.com, which has since been revamped, and I can no longer find it online to reference.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>Posted by: Aj. Erika<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>>About a year ago I decided to look up a pickle recipe because we had cucumers and dill in the school garden. After a bit of looking I found a great recipe on eHow that looked quick and easy. At one point I used garden grown chilies in my pickles, but this time they&#8217;re from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-961","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-generalnews","7":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}