sketching your onion and your cucumber before you cut them is optional

In case you don't know ... the beginning of "official" summer also marks the beginning of pickled cucumber & red onion season.  I for one, have my first jar tucked neatly in the refrigerator.  Pickled onions & cucumbers is the quintessential salad to serve with all your summer meals.  I am serving them tonight with smoked chicken, corn on the cob, and baked beans. 

Sketching your onion and your cucumber before you cut them is optional, but highly recommended. 

I used smitten kitchen's pickling recipe except I used a bit less salt and added dill and some red pepper flakes along with the mustard seeds.  

Comments

[smm]

I read the title as stretching not sketching. Oh goodness.

[sister]

want

[Suzie]

Looks good.....so where's the recipie ?

[Joan]

Mouth watering at 5:20 am here!!! Have you pickled the green beans? A friend used to bring me jars of pickled green beans from her garden in OR...YUM!!!!!

[Maureen]

Well I have no interest in sketching my food but I sure would like to eat those pickles. Recipe please???