Fermented pickles
Fermented pickles
I have made a batch of fermented half sour pickles using Stan's chart for different types of dill pickles for my salt concentration from "Sauerkraut, Kimchi, Pickles, and Relishes" on page 58, I used 4% salt. To this I added garlic, cracked pepper corns, and coriander seeds.
The resulting pickles are crisp and salty. I quartered them after they were done fermenting. They are too salty for Brenda but just fine for me. I have one quart now soaking in a lower salt liquid to hopefully please her. I added some vinegar to the jars to stop the fermentation .
The resulting pickles are crisp and salty. I quartered them after they were done fermenting. They are too salty for Brenda but just fine for me. I have one quart now soaking in a lower salt liquid to hopefully please her. I added some vinegar to the jars to stop the fermentation .
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The wife tried for years to get the recipe from her grandmother and she finally gave us a recipe that tasted nothing like what her grandmother made and the wife cant even find that recipe. She passed away about 13 years ago... I am going to email my wifes uncle and see if he has the real McCoy recipe right now. I will update you on my findings.
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The wife tried for years to get the recipe from her grandmother and she finally gave us a recipe that tasted nothing like what her grandmother made and the wife cant even find that recipe. She passed away about 13 years ago... I am going to email my wifes uncle and see if he has the real McCoy recipe right now. I will update you on my findings.
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Maybe it is the lighting, but I was told that if there is still white (lines, spots) inside the pickles, meant that they needed more time in the brine. My great grandma had crocks going throughout her house when I was growing up. Great pickles and vegetables. Her English was about as good as my Polish at the time. Tried different incantations of recipes from her daughter, but never even close.
I imagine that these are refrigerated and not for long term storage. I have a new recipe of fermenting pickles going now in a crock, smelling pretty good. Will check in a day or two. Another batch of cukes are coming due in about the same time.
Keymaster if you ever did find that recipe I would be happy to try it.
Also, looking for a good fermented Bread and Butter recipe.
I imagine that these are refrigerated and not for long term storage. I have a new recipe of fermenting pickles going now in a crock, smelling pretty good. Will check in a day or two. Another batch of cukes are coming due in about the same time.
Keymaster if you ever did find that recipe I would be happy to try it.
Also, looking for a good fermented Bread and Butter recipe.
I just love fermented pickles. Almost as much as fermented sausages. Some of my friends call them medicine.
I made them by the tons too. I had way too many pictures on my computer, so I deleted hundreds of them, and now I'm sorry. I deed the same thing in photobucket, and that was a mistake too.
So I just made some pictures for you now, and I still have 2 old(er) ones.
This one is made with bread.
And these are the older pictures. Note. If I want to keep them long time, I use potatoes instead of bread, because the juice stays clearer. I had some not so smooth potatoes at the time, so I just scrubbed them good.
******* because I don't use recipe, I don't have one......But I can write one when I get some extra time.....
I made them by the tons too. I had way too many pictures on my computer, so I deleted hundreds of them, and now I'm sorry. I deed the same thing in photobucket, and that was a mistake too.
So I just made some pictures for you now, and I still have 2 old(er) ones.
This one is made with bread.
And these are the older pictures. Note. If I want to keep them long time, I use potatoes instead of bread, because the juice stays clearer. I had some not so smooth potatoes at the time, so I just scrubbed them good.
******* because I don't use recipe, I don't have one......But I can write one when I get some extra time.....
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