Later he told Ollie, in that Little Stage Director voice of his, "Now you will be my little kid!" Ollie responded with a "Baa, baa". No*ah: "Why are you making that silly noise?" Ollie: "I am your goat kid! I was playin' a joke on you!" In typical preschool once-is-funny-fifty-times-is-even-funnier fashion, they then reenacted this hilarious scene until dinner...
I am obsessed with fridge pickles, and make no pretense of ever being able to make enough to get through winter with what I make now. No, my boys and I love all things pickled -we would probably eat a pickled chair leg eventually-and once they're made, we can't leave them alone until we have a sour stomach. So I couldn't resist one more batch.
Here's the recipe -adapted from a library book recipe which suggests more honey and less salt.
Refrigerator Pickles
2/3 C Apple cider vinegar
1/3 C Water
3 T Honey
1 T Salt
1/2 C onions
3 lbs. pickling cukes or 4 med. cukes
2 T fresh dill or 2 t dried (I think dried is actually just fine)
Pepper
Boil vinegar, water, honey, salt. Remove from heat. Slice cukes and onions thinly; if using large cukes, peel in alternating stripes, slice in half, seed before slicing. Place cukes and onions in a heat proof bowl and add hot liquid. Cool. Add dill, fresh pepper and put in fridge. Let rest at least 24 hours. Will keep 2-6 months in glass jars (or 2-3 days, if you live in our household).
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