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Tomorrow's Menu...

For my birthday Mrs. Avenger gave me a pickling kit. She had assembled a collection of typical ingredients like mustard and coriander seeds, sea salt, a package of pickling spice, some Mason jars and a recipe book.

Today we finally took a crack at it. Went to the farmer's market and picked up some Kirby cucumbers and attempted a cold pickling recipe. Ironically, not from the book, but the innerneck. They're supposed to be ready tomorrow. We'll see.

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Obviously, the first thing we learned is we need a lot more cucumbers. But they say the brine is reusable. If these don't taste vile we'll be back at the farmer's market next Saturday to buy a butt-load of Kirbys.

Anybody else have any experience with making pickles?
 
Tomorrow's Menu...

For my birthday Mrs. Avenger gave me a pickling kit. She had assembled a collection of typical ingredients like mustard and coriander seeds, sea salt, a package of pickling spice, some Mason jars and a recipe book.

Today we finally took a crack at it. Went to the farmer's market and picked up some Kirby cucumbers and attempted a cold pickling recipe. Ironically, not from the book, but the innerneck. They're supposed to be ready tomorrow. We'll see.

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Obviously, the first thing we learned is we need a lot more cucumbers. But they say the brine is reusable. If these don't taste vile we'll be back at the farmer's market next Saturday to buy a butt-load of Kirbys.

Anybody else have any experience with making pickles?
No experience pickling pickles, but I have experience pickling fish, herring, salmon, mackerel and some others.

Good luck sounds like fun
 
No experience pickling pickles, but I have experience pickling fish, herring, salmon, mackerel and some others.

Good luck sounds like fun

Thanks. Since I usually don't eat fish,.. uh,....

OTOH, I'm sure the processes are similar.

There's lots of recipes in the book. Radishes, eggs, and one that is close to my heart, red cabbage.

Mom made the most awesome Sauerbraten, and I'm bent on translating her recipe and trying to recreate it with homemade ingredients.

I'm going to take a crack at it, and let you all know how it goes. Plus, since I'm pretty incompetent in the kitchen I'll be looking here for support.

Also, like most things in my life, it's going to go with the ebb and flow of events and free time. Fair warning, since I know you all hang on my posts. :rolleyes: It may take a while.
 

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