Tuesday, September 5, 2017

In a Pretty Pickle

My to-do list for Monday looked like this:


I wanted to get laundry done and hung out on the clothesline because we have rain predicted for four days beginning today. The lawn was already too long, so again because of the predicted rain, I really needed to get it mowed. Bills have deadlines and had to be paid. Beans needed to be picked and frozen. The front flowerbeds are an embarrassment of spent roses and weeds. I had promised zucchini bread to three people and I hate to break promises, even if they are only for zucchini bread. But then I read Kat's Monday post and couldn't stop thinking about pickled tomatoes.


They sound a bit odd, but oddly intriguing. I thought about them while I tended to laundry, while I mowed the lawn, and while I paid bills. After I picked, blanched, and froze beans I began to make excuses. The front flowerbeds have needed attention for at least a week or more, but I bet they don't look bad at 25 mph. (That's the speed limit on our street, and most people do 40, so they probably look just fine if people are whizzing past at that speed.) And the weeds will be easier to pull after a little rain. Will people really be pounding on my door if they have to wait for their promised zucchini bread another day or two? I have all the ingredients for pickled tomatoes and it would be a real shame if those sweet little cherry tomatoes shriveled up before I tried the recipe.


So I decided to multitask; I would make pickled tomatoes and write a blog post. It's an easy recipe and they are stored in the refrigerator so there is no canning involved. I can tell you now that they are fun and easy to make, smell delicious, and look beautiful, but I decided to wait the 48 hours that the recipe advises before tasting them. That's real multitasking -- a post now, and another one later this week when I tell you how they taste and use the brine in a bloody mary (another suggestion from the recipe). Thank you, Kat!



15 comments:

  1. I love the weeding thought process and I will be applying that same theory in my yard as well! And, those tomatoes! Jewels of summer!

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  2. It's always best to adjust a to-do list according to priorities. Sounds like pickled tomatoes are a terrific priority!

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  3. I can't wait to see how they taste! And I completely agree with the rearrangement of priorities!

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  4. Oh dear...I read Kat's post and quickly moved on and purposefully FORGOT about pickled tomatoes...until now...

    Can't wait to read about how they taste and using the brine for Bloody Mary's? Brilliant!

    Love your thought process about weeding...very similar to the way my mind works - lol.

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  5. That's hilarious! I can't wait to hear how they taste!!

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  6. I love your thoughts on weeding! At this time of year my garden always looks worn out and a bit ragged and I can think of a million things to do other than weeding...besides, the frost will get them soon enough! Can't wait to hear how those tomatoes taste!

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  7. I understand completely! Weeding is much easier when the ground is wet, so it makes sense to procrastinate, uh strategically reschedule, that task. Your tomatoes look beautiful. I look forward to the report. And if you made me zucchini bread, you could make it whenever you pleased. You had a productive day!

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    1. I so appreciate your wonderful terminology "strategically reschedule"! In the future, I will correct anyone who accuses me of procrastination!

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  8. oh that is indeed a pretty pickle! I'm sure they'll taste as good as we all expect (and what's not to love about a recipe that provides an "excuse" to make a bloody mary?!)

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  9. Ohhh I love when we inspire one another!!! Good job on the pickling

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    1. Kat is inspiring in many ways, and I'm glad she shared this recipe!

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  10. Let us know how the pickled tomatoes taste. They sound intriguing. Statistically reschedule - now there is an inspiring word. Yes the weeds will be easier to pull after the rain. That is quite a list for one day. You are very productive.

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    1. I also like "strategically reschedule" so much better than "procrastination"! We got some thunderstorms and hail today and more predicted for tomorrow, so it looks like I get to put off weeding a little longer.

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  11. hm, I've never had pickled tomatoes before. I had a long list to do yesterday but I was sidelined by no electricity (again) and that wiped out my thoughts. I was too disgruntled. Today is a new day, I'm fresh and ready to tackle what I want to do quickly so I can sit and knit :) :)

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  12. You had an ambitious task list, but a list is always subject to a change in ideas and easily altered. I'm looking forward to catching up with your posts to see how the tomatoes tasted!

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