Radishes and Strawberry Wine!

Linking with Rhonda over at Down To Earth :


Oddly enough this spring I've had an over abundance of radishes even though I planted late.  Usually I sow them in two week intervals hoping one crop hits the weather just right.  This year was cool and wet and both patches I planted produced lots of radishes.  So I decided not to let them go to the compost pile. 

As usual I sat in my swing with a cold beverage and prepped them.

I decided I would pickle them like I do jalapenos.  So sliced into the jar they go!

I put a solution of half water and half vinegar over them and some salt in each jar.  Boiling solution that is.  Then I put the tops on and called it good.

That was a couple of days ago and now they are a beautiful pink.

Well, trust me they are pink, it was dark this morning when I left the house and took this snapshot quickly on the way out the door.  I also stashed Baby Jar in my lunch bag to taste later today!

Remember the strawberry wine I started back at the first of the year?  I bottled it, and it is a very good batch!

I had some extra that didnt' fill the 5th bottle and I might just have to have a taste this evening.  Strawberry wine has a delicate flavor with just a bit of bite and an absolutely intoxicating bouquet of strawberries.  One of my favorites it is!