cv
107 posts
Sep 29, 2005
7:30 AM
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I just returned from a visit with my sister. Her ten-year-old son told us that he liked to pickle vegetables. Impressed and intrigued, I asked him how he did it. This is what he told me:
Buy a jar of pickles. Eat the pickles. Add a handful of green beans from the garden to the jar of leftover pickle juice. Put the jar in the refrigerator. In about a month, you'll have pickled green beans.
Expecting more of an actual "recipe," I thought this was very funny, but I tried not to laugh . . . Catherine
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Linda
432 posts
Sep 29, 2005
7:54 AM
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Lol! That's too funny, cv! I never thought to use pickle juice -- that's cute!
I think the actual recipe is pretty easy, though. It's basically packing veggies like cabbage and carrots in vinegar and pressing it down with a weight (if you even have to do that) and letting it sit. Then add garlic and salt. I've never done it, but I remember eating cucumbers dipped in vinegar, salt, and lots of black pepper! What a weird kid! ;D
I really like vinegar flavors; I think there's a name for that type of person...perhaps it's in the principles of Ayurveda.
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kourtney
97 posts
Sep 29, 2005
8:11 AM
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Catherine, that's very resourceful of him!
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Bryanna
Owner/Moderator
1196 posts
Sep 29, 2005
8:52 AM
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He's right-- pickle juice is great for storing carrot sticks for snacks-- a little tang!
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