did I say peaches? I meant pickles.

I figure if we do it a third time it will be considered a pattern, however, if we have learned anything from our past two canning experiences it is to "cut the recipe in half and double the number of jars we are using," according to Dave.  We had 16 pounds of cukes in all.  According to the recipe it was eight pounds of cucumbers per three quarts of pickles.  Just so you all don't think we are crazy, we picked double that for six quarts of pickles.  Long story short, we have fourteen quarts of pickles...whole, halved, and speared.  With pickling spices and without, with garlic and without, processing 15 minutes, processing 10 min.  By eight o'clock last night, we decided a cucumber salad for dinner would be just fine.