Now that word is getting out that I can, I'm starting to get requests for treats. One of my comadres, whom I've known for nearly 20 years, recently revealed that she adores anything pickled and hinted heavily that she would love to receive some dilly beans and pickled beets. Another friend, when I casually mentioned I had put up dilly beans the weekend before, grew visibily excited and asked if I was going to give pickled veggies as Christmas presents. He has fond memories of his grandmother's pickles and hasn't had any in years.
Last weekend I met up with a friend and brought three jars: lemon marmalade, pickled beets and dilly beans. Sometimes people are a little hesitant about the safety of homemade goods, so I gave him a lecture on acidity and water vs. pressure canning to show I know my stuff and he doesn't have to worry about being poisoned. He wasn't too concerned. He was already coming up with a plan for glazing a chicken breast with the marmalade and baking it.
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