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Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
Pickle

Lately, I've been noticing a lot of recipes calling for "quick pickling" of certain veggies. By this I mean, instead of going through the whole canning process, they whip up a batch of vinegar and sugar (and water?) and proceed to quick pickle radishes or cucumbers or apples and onions. I have seen this in a recipe so often lately that I am very tempted to try it, although I am curious as to how pickled they actually taste after only 30 minutes or so. Have you ever tried pickling, even the old-fashioned way?

Tags: homemade, side dish

6 Comments

1) Did it once years ago. My aunt used to make amazing sweet gherkins that I loved. We got her recipe and did the whole 9 years in a crock for I forget how long. They were good but not as good as hers. Guess she had just the right knack for it--and a garden full of cukes to pick just the right size and readiness. It was fun but a lot of work.

LGrant Saturday, January 23, 2010

2) My German brother-in-law makes a great brine out of vinegar, sugar, water and salt that he uses as a dressing for potato salad and cucumber salad. Mine never quite tastes as good. In the summer I love thinly sliced cukes and diced tomatoes with vinegar, a little sugar and pepper.

dannie Saturday, January 23, 2010

3) We made bread and butter pickles this last summer. I will admit to "cheating" and buying the brine pre made. : ) They are delish though and have ppl begging me to give them some. I am a bit greedy with them though. And like dannie I like the cucumber, tomato, onion mixture in the vinegar/sugar/water. NUMMY!

runt Saturday, January 23, 2010

4) Yes, we have done this too. It was really pretty simple. The pickles I made would last for 3 weeks refrigerated. I found a pickling spice blend in the bulk bins of a local health food store. The spice was just cooked up with vinegar, water, fresh garlic, and sugar... and then poured into jars with the pickles.

Spike Saturday, January 23, 2010

5) eeeeewwwwwww!

Nice Cream Tuesday, January 26, 2010

6) I think i have a recipe that Gramma W used to use for 'freezer pickles', sweet tasting, they were pretty good.... more like a cucumber salad.....

MOM 6 days ago