"Plink" what a happy sound!

There is nothing quite like the sound of hearing the "plink" sound which signifies the successful sealing of a jar of canned garden produce. I bet there are people out there who have never heard that sound. I wish they could all experience it. Here is a picture of today's freshly canned batch of Lime Pickles. They are a beautiful color courtesy of the green food coloring that was added during the "soaking in the syrup" process.

I remember eating these pickles as a child. They have a really big crunch when you bite them. These were my favorite pickle on the traditional Thanksgiving pickle dish. They were accompanied by the Bread and Butter pickle and the paper thin sweet pickles, the Watermelon pickles, black olives, and of course the Dill pickles (which were the last pickles to be eaten from the tray). I'm not sure Scandinavians could grow dill until they immigrated to the US.

Now that I think of it, I didn't know you could buy pickles in the grocery store until I was about 15. Why would anybody do that when you can go down in the basement in the cellar and get all the pickles you'd want?

And, by the way, you can't buy Lime Pickles or those paper thin pickles in the store. I think I'll make some of those next.