Our New Life in the Country: In a pickle.....

Wednesday, 24 June 2009

In a pickle.....

Some of the beetroots (the bigger ones) that today I am having to pickle.

Those pesky chickens have eaten every leaf, off every beetroot and rather than let the poor beetroot go to waste I am going to pickle them all, not that there will be that many. I usually prefer to pickle only one or two jars and eat the rest fresh in salads and lightly roasted in the oven.

When I first saw these beetroot I thought something had gone drastically wrong with the shape, but after referring back to the seed packet I saw that they matched the picture on the front, I don't know why I picked this funny shaped beetroot, I usually grow the standard round ones. But they taste as good and, because they have had to be picked so young, they taste lovely and sweet too.

Hey ho hey ho, it's pickling I go.......

Sue xx

9 comments:

landcuckoo24 June 2009 at 11:31
Ooo the troublesome chooks! Looks good though, happy pickling!
Sarah x
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Sal24 June 2009 at 15:31
Hope you and your pickle are very happy together!! Glad you are having such a great time in the country ;-)
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Suzy's Vintage Attic24 June 2009 at 17:03
We don't mind it too much, we understad that when the Glastonbury festival is on there will be things to put up with.Not th speeding though. Those beetroots are unsual! I eat quite a bit of raw beetroot but have very seen some like that!Will have to try growing some of those!
Isabelle x
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sharie24 June 2009 at 20:45
LOL those chickens of yours made me laugh. Ours used to do the same . I remember when they ate all my lettice and if they didn't eat it they kicked it to death.

Happy Picklin!
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Pipany25 June 2009 at 08:28
Ooh I love pickled beetroot. Mind you, I love them roasted, braised, boiled too! x
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Anonymous25 June 2009 at 11:00
chickens will eat everything and anything wont they!

have fun pickling :-)

Rose XXX
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Niki Fretwell25 June 2009 at 13:56
Hi Sue,
This is a test, as I have not been able to leave a comment with you due to a problem with Blogger - hope this works.
I really wanted to thank you for buying one of my rag dolls at the fair...! I know a long time ago now, but I've been tring hard to comment...honest!
Thank you! - Hope she's well behaved!
Niki x
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Niki Fretwell25 June 2009 at 13:58
YESSSSS!!! It worked - at last!!!
Hope your beetroots are well pickled now!
N x
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A Green and Rosie Life25 June 2009 at 21:01
If you hav any beetroots left and want it, I have a lovely recipe for beetroot salad/slaw using grated raw beetroot (no chance of leaving them inthe aga!).

Rosie x
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This was my Blog, just me writing about our day to day life learning all about and then living the smallholding life. First we started on a farm in Oxfordshire, then we moved to a smaller place in Berkshire (both in England) and then we found a place of our very own at the bottom of a hillside in North Wales. Along for the ride were all our various animals, and we ended up with just our dogs, Suky and Mavis, our cat Ginger .... who secretly thinks he's one of the canine gang, a sheep called Ethel who wandered in off the road and stayed... and a roving band of egg laying chickens that live cheek by jowl with the local wildlife.

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It was simply the wild and wacky ramblings of a 50 something townie turned country girl called Sue, who lost her heart to a sailor and started a new life in the country .... many years ago. On a path that took us from Cumbria to Oxfordshire, to Berkshire and then we found our home at the bottom of a wet and windy Welsh hillside by a busy main road.

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