Tarantula hawk. For the psychedelic rock band, see Tarantula Hawk (band). A tarantula hawk is a spider wasp that hunts tarantulas. Tarantula hawks belong to any of the many species in the genera Pepsis and Hemipepsis, in the family Pompilidae (spider wasps).
Ditch the prefab pickling spice and make your own. And try a 5 percent salt solution per pound of cucumbers (full recipe below). In addition to reverse-engineering Grandma Minnie's recipe, McClellan offers these tips for getting crisp pickles: 1. Trim the ends off the cucumbers before you pack them into jars. Depending on how well you've washed your cucumbers, there can also be an enzyme in the blossom end of a cucumber that can lead to softening, and nobody wants a soft pickle, she says. 2. Try certain leaves.
1 Tip the juice and pulp back into the preserving pan and stir in the sugar. 2  Heat gently, then add the remaining whole raspberries. 3  Bring to the boil, then boil rapidly for 5 mins.4  Remove from the heat and drop a little jam onto the chilled plate.5  Now push your finger through it â it should wrinkle and look like jam. Before you start, sterilise your jars (see tip below) and put a plate in the freezer to chill. 2  Tip half the raspberries into a preserving pan and add the lemon juice. 3  Mash the berries to a pulp over the heat with a potato masher, then leave to cook for 5 mins.