Worth a three week wait? Oh yes. Oh hell yes.
We taste-tested them at two weeks and were a bit overwhelmed - the salt/sour was pucker inducing. Third week’s the charm apparently. The sour mellowed its sharp tang to a dull roar. The garlic and spice warm them ever so slightly. I’m listening to the sweet music of jars sealing right now. I have four quart jars and three pint jars. Allegedly they will mellow a bit more over the next week. JJ wanted spears, so spears he got. Made packing the jars easier.
My hands smell like pickle juice now. But these are the sacrifices we must make for good food. Darn.
