I love it when a plan works

[susandennis]

The drive to the gym - even across downtown Seattle - was, of course, trouble free. No one was out and about at 7:30! The pool, at the the gym, had a lane ready and waiting for me and it was fabulous. Never again will I have to sit out a holiday because the city pools shut down. Sweet. During most of my hour long swim, there were 2 people in each lane. Some left, some new came in but it was free and easy and by the time I was done and out of the shower, there was only 1 person in the entire pool.

I stopped for breakfast next - at a good place but I wasn't really that hungry so I had a toasted bagel and cream cheese and coffee. Perfect. Them on to the hair cutters where I got the male version of chatty cathy. Cut dude. Chat after with your mates. But, he did a decent job and I don't have to worry about it again for at least six weeks, maybe a couple of months.

Then on to the grocery for cream cheese and ice cream. I have found that if I have an ice cream treat at night after dinner, I tend to keep my hand out of the cookie jar so to speak. A pint of Ben & Jerry's is toxic because no portion control but a nutty buddy or an eskimo pie is a one and done. So that's what I got.

As I was in my car ready to start it up and split, an SUV pulled in and a guy and a small (under 5 yrs) boy got out. The kid pointed to me and in a very loud voice he said 'Look Daddy, it's a baby car!' I think it was the way he said it but it gave me quite a chuckle as I drove the baby car home.

Now I'm going to watch my tech podcast and knit a little bear.

The pickles turned out just like I love 'em and I think they are very pretty.

Comments

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

Those pickles look amazing. Truly gorgeous.

[susandennis]

thanks, that's what i thot!

[touchofgr3y.livejournal.com]

Your pickles look awesome :)

[susandennis]

Don't they!! And they are delicious and they are OH SO easy.

5 pickling cukes
1/2 large red onion
4 garlic buds peeled and smashed
1 teaspoon chopped up dill
1.5 teaspoons kosher salt
1/4 ish white vinegar

fill jars with cukes, onion, garlic and dill. add salt and pour vinegar over it all. (it won't come close to covering but in a couple of hours the onions and cukes will compact down quite a bit)

lid on and agitate jar a bunch to mix it all up and then pop in fridge. re-agitate every couple of hours or so. They were great at 5 hours and even greater after 25 hours.

Today I'm trying a batch with no dill, .5 t salt and .5 t sugar (and white vinegar) - garlic, cukes, onion. It may totally bomb but total cost is $1.50 so who cares :)

[susandennis]

Make that 1/4th is CUP white vinegar...

[touchofgr3y.livejournal.com]

That doesn't even sound all that difficult! How did the no-dill batch come out? I sometimes do lazy pickles by throwing everything (lots of time zucchini, when the garden starts going crazy) into the pickle juice left from a jar of commercial pickles.

[susandennis]

I've never had much luck with using left over pickle juice. Maybe I used the wrong juice. The no dill ones are ok but maybe today they will have picked themselves into delish!

[letmesaythis.livejournal.com]

I love pickles and they can be expensive so I may have to try this some time!