Pickles with attitude.

[Mottie]

This has just jogged my memory. I pickled some carrots and cauliflower a while ago. Was supposed to take 2 weeks. It’s been a lot longer. Just dug it out of the cupboard and tried it. As I suspected, it’s been left too long - the veg's have lost their crispness and the vinegar - well, it made me cough!

 

[EddieM]

This has just jogged my memory. I pickled some carrots and cauliflower a while ago. Was supposed to take 2 weeks. It’s been a lot longer. Just dug it out of the cupboard and tried it. As I suspected, it’s been left too long - the veg's have lost their crispness and the vinegar - well, it made me cough!

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That's a shame, did you use proper pickling vinegar?

 

[sodthisforfun]

Pure vinegar I find too much - always water mine down and add a little smidge of sugar, as well as use white vinegar. That's what I do for gherkins and beets anyway

 

[Mottie]

That's a shame, did you use proper pickling vinegar?

Yep. Pickling vinegar and yellow mustard seeds.

 

[Mottie]

Pure vinegar I find too much - always water mine down and add a little smidge of sugar, as well as use white vinegar. That's what I do for gherkins and beets anyway

I’ll have to give that a try next time.

 

[EddieM]

I’ll have to give that a try next time.

Hmm, but pickling vinegar is stronger than "normal" vinegar in order to keep the crispness of the pickles?

 

[sodthisforfun]

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[sodthisforfun]

I’ll have to give that a try next time.

I find it tastes much better - and doesn't make me cough, as you say! But it doesn't last as long afaik diluting the white pickling with water, about a year. Tbh, the days where I made a ton of pickles are long gone coz just can't eat them all anyway. I just make a couple of jars of each stuff.

 

[securespark]

I made some apple chutney at the beginning of September.
I'll come back in a year and tell you how it is!

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Just got my next batch of pickled onions, should last a couple of weeks!