{"id":1179,"date":"2017-07-19T06:13:39","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T11:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/?p=1179"},"modified":"2017-10-02T11:31:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T16:31:03","slug":"nannys-bread-butter-pickles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/?p=1179","title":{"rendered":"Nanny&#8217;s Bread &#038; Butter Pickles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pickles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1182\" src=\"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pickles-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"pickles\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pickles-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pickles-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pickles.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I loved when Nanny made these pickles. \u00a0She was still making them not long before she died in 2013, well into her 80&#8217;s. \u00a0At that time, I could sit down and eat a quarter litre of them with bread and butter (or margarine). \u00a0I can&#8217;t do that today, quantities are much more limited now, but I&#8217;m so happy I have her recipe. \u00a0This recipe will yield about 5\u00a0litres.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4 quarts (imperial) cucumbers (thinly sliced)<\/li>\n<li>6 medium onions\u00a0(thinly sliced)<\/li>\n<li>1 green pepper (cut into small chunks)<\/li>\n<li>1 red pepper (cut into small chunks)<\/li>\n<li>3 garlic cloves (thinly sliced and optional)<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 c salt<\/li>\n<li>ice (quite a bit)<\/li>\n<li>3 c white vinegar<\/li>\n<li>5 c sugar (I use 4)<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 tsp each of celery seed and turmeric<\/li>\n<li>2 tbsp mustard seed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Preparation<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Place first 5 ingredients on ice with salt and let sit for 3 hours. \u00a0Drain well. \u00a0Place last 4 ingredients in a large pot (we prefer non-stick just in case). \u00a0Bring to a boil. \u00a0Add drained vegetables to the pot and bring to a boil, stirring often. \u00a0Place in clean jars and seal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I loved when Nanny made these pickles. \u00a0She was still making them not long before she died in 2013, well into her 80&#8217;s. \u00a0At that time, I could sit down and eat a quarter litre of them with bread and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/?p=1179\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[47,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pickles-and-preserves","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1179"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1194,"href":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179\/revisions\/1194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}