Weekend and Watermelon

Over the weekend, we went to visit family and had a wonderful time.  We managed to keep the trip pretty frugal so that was an added bonus.  

 My week is shaping up to be quite busy, but I had to take time today to process a few items for the food storage.  We bought a huge, home grown watermelon this weekend.  1/2 of the rind made 3 quarts of pickles.  (I canned the other jar of brine to use either with dressings or perhaps to make some refrigerator pickles using cucumbers.)  Then I used 6 cups of the flesh pureed to make watermelon jelly.  I ended up with 10 jars.

Pickled Radish

I'm longing for a little taste of the freshness of spring.  I had a bag of lingering radishes in my refrigerator, and I decided to make some pickled radishes.   I used this recipe.  

I added 3 garlic cloves, 3/4 teaspoon of mustard seed, and 1/4 teaspoon of red pepper flakes to my pickles.