Who here makes their own pickles/chutneys, and what tips can you give me?
― hejira, Wednesday, 13 July 2005 10:00 (eighteen years ago) link
Last batch of bread & butter pickles was good (but must remember to increase the cuke:onion ratio).
I stick with relishes and recipes involving sliced cukes. The processes involved in making whole/spear cukes crisp are too much hassle, and without them I have seedy mush. Other than that, it's super easy. A bunch of vegetable prep, cook it while sterilizing jars, fill jars, process jars if necessary, sit back and listen to the jars go pop-pop-pop, v. satisfying.
― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 10:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 14:50 (eighteen years ago) link
any suggestions for leftover pickle juice from a jar? i dont think i can use to pickle other veggies, can i?
― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Monday, 25 April 2011 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
You could probably make some kind of drink with it.
― Back up the lesbian canoe (Laurel), Monday, 25 April 2011 15:34 (thirteen years ago) link
haha i dont really like tomato juice if thats what youre suggesting
― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Monday, 25 April 2011 15:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Some parts of the internet say baseball pitchers use it to toughen their hands and prevent blisters; other parts of the internet debunk this.
― the wages of sin is about tree fiddy (WmC), Monday, 25 April 2011 15:37 (thirteen years ago) link
http://tv.gawker.com/#!5593050
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 25 April 2011 15:40 (thirteen years ago) link
You can pickle other stuff in it, yeah. Some of the expensive small-batch pickles these days will actually point this out on the label (I think Rick's was the most recent one I noticed doing this).
― Bill, Monday, 25 April 2011 17:20 (thirteen years ago) link
i want to try this recipe.i got a mandolin for my birthday (4 months ago) and keep meaning to get it out and try this, but i still haven't gotten around to it!
― tehresa, Monday, 25 April 2011 17:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Sure, and also good for pickled eggs. Put a couple peeled hard-boiled eggs in the liquid and leave in the fridge for a week before trying one. Similar with sliced zucchini or cukes or sweet onion.
― Jaq, Monday, 25 April 2011 21:19 (thirteen years ago) link