[CH] pickles & preserves?

Helen Gillis (helengillis@earthlink.net)
Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:15:46 -0400

Hello all -
Takin' a couple of days off & decided to dust off the canner.  So far 
made a couple of kinds of pickles & a double batch of Diana Kennedy's 
Chiles Jalapeņos en Escabeche (Mexican Regional Cooking).  Found 
enormous very distressed looking jalapeņos at a farm stand in new 
hampster & couldn't pass them up.  They were surprisingly hot & their 
skins were covered with cracking/veining which made me believe they 
probably would be hotter than normal.  Nothing like boiling vinegar & 
hot peppers to wake you up! 
Question:  Now I'm onto jelly or jam - any suggestions?  Still got one 
more day off...
Hope everyone had a great summer - Helen