a gypsy caravan

quick and easy peach cobbler

Seven peaches, peeled and sliced

1 cup flour

1 cup sugar

1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 cup milk

1/3 stick of butter

Melt butter in a 2 quart casserole or something slightly larger than a pie dish. Combine sugar, flour, baking powder and milk. Spoon batter over melted butter, covering the bottom of the casserole. Spoon peaches over batter and bake at 375 for 30-40 minutes. Should be golden on top and slightly crisp around the edges. Yum!

garlic dill pickles

We recently made twenty quarts of garlic dill pickles. "Recently" meaning at least a month ago. I am behind on my blogging. But I guess it is good to be behind on blogging because your life is too full to record it in real time. 

::KosherGarlic Dills::

20-25 cucumbers

Combine:

1 quart (5% acidity) vinegar

1 cup salt

3 quarts water

Add to each sterilized quart canning jar:

2 cloves garlic 

2 heads dill 

one grape leaf

1 hot red pepper

 

Wash cucumbers and let stand in cold water for a couple of hours

Pack in sterilized jars. 

To each quart add garlic, dill and red pepper.  Combine vinegar, salt and water. Bring to a boil.  Fill jars and place grape leaf in each jar and seal. Makes 6 to 8 quarts.