Monday, October 13, 2008

HOW MANY PECKS OF PEPPERS DID WE PICK?

I don't know because I don't know how much a peck is. BUT we picked a BUNCH of peppers! Dad planted quite a few plants of peppers this year. A few weeks ago I helped him pick the first picking and we picked a big garbage can full. I thought that was a lot. We roasted them and they were pretty good. So we were waiting for the next picking, hoping they would grow big before the frost hit. So this weekend Dad decided to go hunting with Saul and the kids. Only problem, it was supposed to frost this weekend also. So, he left me in charge. Not really sure why me! I really didn't vie for the position, but got it anyway. So I called Dennis and recruited help. He, Audrey, and their boys came over to help pick. We decided that despite the wind, we would do it on Friday since Dennis had a full day on Saturday. We met at mom's and picked, and picked, and picked, and picked. We ended up with 6 garbage cans full! It was dark by the time we finished, so we decided to roast them the next morning. Can I just say that Dennis has it down to a perfection- he roasted them perfect! Anyway, we had a ton. I sent him home with a bunch, took a bunch to Cher, and I took the rest home to put up for myself and others. When some of my sisters heard that I was gonna pick the peppers, they all put in their orders. I know that they would do it for me, so how could I tell them no. I started skinning, seeding, bottling, and freezing at 1:00 pm. I went non-stop until 2:00 am. I ended up bottling 10 1/2 half-pints, 8 gallon bags individually frozen, and 12 quart bags of just thrown in and frozen (yeah for Karlie, she made it easy). I still had some left over, so I gave Ivy some to bottle for herself (I froze some for her), more to Audrey and more to Cher. I was so exhausted. But my house still smells great- I love the smell of roasted peppers! It froze and we are done with the gardening- alleluia!

1 comment:

Hulse said...

man-alive you're a champ! I'd be in bed by 8:30pm regardless of how many peppers were picked, bottled, frozen or whatever! Go Tana!