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The other day I wasnt paying close enough attention to the weather and didnt realize that we were going to have a light freeze. It probably just barely hit 32, and I imagine that it didnt stay there for long. However, it was long enough to kill almost everything in my garden! I had heirloom tomatoes, squash, jalapenos, figs, cucumbers and a lot of basil¦.all froze and were killed off.
Darnitt!!!

I had several small green heirlooms and several small jalapenos that I was able to save, but I wasnt sure what I should do to salvage this travesty of nature. The internet to the rescue. After sharing on facebook, a fellow foodie, Brad Murano (http://murano.typepad.com/), suggested that I pickle them and even pointed me to a recipe featured on foodwanderings.blogspot.com.

Can I drop any more food blog names?!?!

Well, not wanting to lose the little bit I had salvaged¦

I went to the store to buy the few things I needed for the brine.
I couldnt find juniper berries, so I left them out, and I added both the tomatoes and jalapenos and pickled them both. I am rife with anticipation at tasting this; I have to wait at least 2 weeks for the pickling process.
It turned out looking and smelling extremely good.

I love having foodie friends that I can bounce ideas off of, and receive help when I cant decide what to do with certain items.

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By day, Todd is a hd video editor with Digitized Media. He has been in the tv/video industry since 1990. All in Dallas, he has worked at Westcott Communications, AMS Production Group, WFAA among a few other smaller companies in between. While at WFAA he was awarded 4 EMMY awards for his creative talent in the field of editing, including for the "craft of editing". Todd loves being a work-at-home dad, and therefore he does most of the cooking for his family, or his flock as he calls them. Todd family includes his wife of 15 years, Dutchie, and his 5 year old son, Zachary. Check out his food blog, http://fatherfeedsflock.blogspot.com/ and enjoy his adventures in feeding his family.
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