I had 15 large bulbs of garlic that had been damaged when digging them yesterday. They could not be cured and would not keep long in this heat. So I decided to make garlic pickles using the garlic scape pickles brine recipe. I love that brine and looked forward to having more.
I peeled and cleaned up the cloves, then sliced them into halves or thirds depending on size.
I heated the brine, sterilized the lids and rings and jars and set up my work area.
Brine recipe:
I loaded the jars and put them into the water bath canner. I heard a thump, but thought it was the lid being lifted by the steam, so I turned the heat down some. I processed them for 10 minutes.
When I took the cover off the canner, I discovered pieces of garlic floating around and an upside down jar.
The jar looked like someone had neatly cut the bottom right out of it.
When I lifted out the wire rack, I found the lid on it. There did not seem to be any little pieces of glass.
So I saved what I could of the garlic. Unfortunately, I had dumped the extra brine as I cleaned up while they were processing. So I will have to find another use for the garlic.
Sometimes jars just get old and stressed. You often cannot see these stressed places. So a jar will break when heated or cooled quickly.
I still have 2 pints of pickles so, it’s not all bad.
