{"id":449,"date":"2020-07-31T09:15:22","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T16:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dontcrowdthepan.ca\/?p=449"},"modified":"2020-07-31T09:15:23","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T16:15:23","slug":"pickles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dontcrowdthepan.ca\/?p=449","title":{"rendered":"Pickles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I’m on the left<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This is one of those great photos (not a great photo, but bear with me, here) where the subject is straightforward but the setting is a little odd. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My mom took this photo. I’m on the left. Middle of three kids. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My mother didn’t do anything in half-measures, although the other Catholic families in the neighbourhood certainly had more children than she did. She was one of 5, and she had three kids. The Cruickshanks had 9 kids, I think, and the Mahonys had 9 as well. My mom used to comment that Laura Cruickshank was three times the mother she was, mathematically speaking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But no half measures. Look at the shelf behind us lovely children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What the heck? Enough pickles to feed a baseball stadium on a busy Sunday afternoon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One year, my mom decided to make dill pickles, so she made about a dozen 2-gallon jars. We had a lot of pickles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thankfully, they were rather good, but I would be lying if I relished (ha! that’s a pun, that is) the prospect of eating even my own share of dozens of Kosher Dills. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the ensuing years I have learned to love pickles again. But we only buy them one small jar at a time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for not doing things in half-measures, that mindset has, unfortunately, rubbed off on me. I have 150lbs of roma tomatoes ordered for sauce at the end of the month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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