Boy, I wish I had made a LOT more jars of garlic dill new pickles last summer when I had the chance. I was so new to canning and pickling and all that… I only made two small batches. And they were gone in no time flat. And then, of course, it’s not quite the season to get little pickle cukes at most of the supermarkets and such. Until this weekend. I actually found that Meijers had them on sale! Of course, they came from California, and I know… you’re thinking… “What was she doing in Meijers!” I have pledged to stay out of the big box places! And I have been… really. But it was super duper cold and snowing a few days past and I needed this weird variety of things and didn’t want to try and go all over the place to get it all. Yeah, so I went into the big box place. And I was rewarded with pickle cucumbers!!!!! I was so happy. I bought like 5 pounds of them. And I was very good there, I had a list and I was in and out with just only only the things on the list. Okay, yeah a few extra things creeped into the cart, that is part of the reason that I normally stay clear of these places!!! Its not just because of their labor practices, or the imported junk and all that… it’s because they are SOOOO good at getting you to buy stuff you didn’t think or know you needed!!!!

But in this case, I was happy. I got pickles.

And today I had a little time, so I cut them up and boiled the brine and then once cool, I packed the big pickle jar with all my little pickles to be and set them to fixing on the counter. I snuck one late tonight and they are already tasty!!! Of course, they have a good week or so to brine and fix, but they will be wonderful. I know Tim is going to be excited… he’s a big fan of my garlic new pickles. I hope he can wait till next week when I bring him a jar to practice. I hope I can wait till then!!!