I use Mrs. Wages® for pickling. This entry featured California blend of vegetables, red pepper, pearl onions and celery. Also, this recipe is a great do-ahead before a family dinner without canning. Put it on your relish tray.

We love to enter the fair every year and we’ve won blue ribbons in the past. We had never tried this combination of strawberries and oranges and the flavor comes from fresh squeezed orange juice. It’s good stuff. The strawberries are from a local berry patch near Minneapolis.

I have been canning for 25-30 years. This recipe is from my sister but I added a few more spices. I grow my own peppers or go to the farmer’s markets for local produce. People tell me I should sell my pickles. I give the canned pickles away at Christmas, as well as neighbors and friends. This recipe is a favorite.

I've always been afraid of making pickles. I always thought it was a long process. This was the first time I made pickles, and Mrs. Wages® makes it so easy. I love the Bread and Butter and my husband likes Zesty Dill. I will never make a pickle from scratch. It is the truth. He goes through a jar in two days.