Old Fashion Recipes for Preserving Garden Vegetables

There is just nothing like opening a jar of delicious pickles on a cold winter day to remind you of summer and the day you picked and canned the cucumbers that are now pickles. Or how about some yummy marmalade that you made from the abundance of zucchini in your summer garden? Here are recipes to help you make that happen! When I was a child in Southern Indiana, we planted two or three gardens and enjoyed the fruits of our labor all winter. As a young housewife, I continued that tradition. If you have never tried canning, you owe it to yourself to give it a try.

BROWN SUGAR BREAD AND BUTTER PICKLES

1/3 cup salt
2 cups brown sugar
3 cups white sugar
3 cups apple cider vinegar
2 tbsp mustard seed
1 tbsp celery seed
1 1/2 tsp turmeric
2 lb sliced onions, separated into rings
20-25 cucumbers
8 cups ice