Dill Relish

A couple of weeks ago, we finally (I think) pulled in the last of our cucumbers...there weren't quite enough for pickles again....(phew). We decided instead to try a half-batch of relish. Why? 'Cause I thought it would be neat---we'd never made relish before. The pickles were on the old and large side too, so we were a bit concerned about pickle texture....Relish seemed perfect!

We actually only had about 4 pounds of pickles this time...so a half-batch worked out for us. We didn't dice the pickles by hand (instead preferring to be clever and automated, we used the food processor). The food processor yielded a bit more...um...shredded? Grated? A result then we would have gotten if we'd diced by hand (or tried the mandoline....ahem...yeah, forgot about that).  Ah well, learning experience, right?

So, following the directions, you had to soak and brine (with turmeric) for a bit, and then bring the whole mess to a boil...

It was a little bit difficult to keep our shredded cucumber under the brine during this step...

...and here we're boiling it...

We used jelly jars for ours, rather than pints. It was really a pretty easy process, and if it turns out tasty, I think I'd do it again. (With perhaps more of a dice...)  :-)