The boardwalk never closes. Many shops on the boardwalk stay open all year. Once it get past mid October, many of them will only be open on weekends when the weather is nice. Almost everything in town, except some of the amusement parks, tour boats, and water parks, stay open until at least the end of September.
Bring 1/2 cup water to a boil in a pot, and add cornmeal to make a thick paste. Apply the cornmeal mush as a poultice to the boil, and cover with a cloth. Repeat every one to two hours until the boil comes to a head and drains. Jelly jar. Cupping a boil, or applying suction to a boil by placing a cup or jar over the infected area, is an age-old treatment for boils. Boil a cup in a pot of water for a few minutes. Using tongs, take the cup out of the pot and let it cool down a bit before putting it over the boil.
Stuff the jars tightly with prepared artichokes. Ladle and/or pour the hot brine over the chokes; pressing down all of the chokes firmly to remove air bubbles. Top off the brine, if needed, and leave 1/2 inch of headspace. Clean the rim of jars before placing the lid and ring on the jar.Process jars for 30 minutes in water bath canner. From Angela: Note: these artichokes were so fresh and small that they did not have any hairy choke to clean.ring to a boil and then simmer to keep hot. This amount of brine made enough for approximately 8-9 pint jars. We made 4 batches of brine to finish all of our pints and 1/2 pints.