Monday Night Dilly Beans
A short mountain of green beans were transformed tonight - with the aid of fresh dill, garlic and salt - into a friend-favorite known as Dilly Beans.    Beans were sourced from Thistledown Farm. The stack netted 7 widemouth pints worth.

Pickled Red Onions and Jalapeno Pepper Jelly
It was another canning extravaganza in the OHW kitchen this weekend. Leading the way were pickled red onions.  Amy loves them on the salads served at McMenamins, so this is primarily an attempt to mimic those.  The ingredient list is simple - thinly sliced onions, white wine vinegar and peppercorns with a little sugar added.  The concoction is boiled and then finished with a basic canning process.

Pickles and Tomatoes Get Canned
“I’m DONE with pickles.” These were my co-author’s first words after she spent two near-full days of a splendid weekend cleaning, cutting, boiling, mixing, sealing, etc – in other words, canning - what is intended to be a two-year supply of staples here at the ranch.