No.290
OK poverty people, it's time to ask yourselves: Why should I learn how to pickle things? Then answer, because it's really fucking easy, cheap, and tasty. You can keep your veggies (and eggs and bacon) longer if you don't have a fridge and make things more varied and flavorful when you don't have heat to cook with.
must have: salt, water, and jar(s).
more fun to have: vinegar, sugar, spices.
Pickling basically involves chopping up vegetables, dousing them in salt, and then leaving them in brine (salt water or salt water and vinegar plus spices to taste) in a sealed jar to get more and more delicious over time. Vid shows a way to make some sweet and sour carrot pickles.
Things I suggest you attempt to pickle (because I have and it was great): Carrots, beets, cabbage, hard boiled eggs, bacon, onions, garlic, peppers, and apples.
No.291
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Here's how to make sauerkraut. I picked this video because I feel like it really demonstrates how easy this process is.
When making pickled stuff on your own just remember that sometimes a jar will go bad. You can tell easily by looking at it, smelling it, etc. But you don't have to be super fastidious with the process if you are planning to eat your pickled stuff within a few days or weeks. Personally I haven't made something that went bad yet.
No.293
I wish I could get into pickling. I just don't like the sourness/saltiness that some pickled things seem to have. The only thing I really care for pickled is ginger.
Maybe if I modify it to my tastes, I can get into it.
No.294
>>293I find that the carrots i did have a mild taste. After saling them in a bowl i rinsed them and put them in the jar with water, vinegar, and sugar. It ended up being a sweet mild taste.
Hot peppers make stuff spicy which is a nice alternative too.
No.861
>>293
You may need to consider using the items as a condiment initially. That tends to acclimate one to the saltiness.
For example, sauerkraut (per above) makes for a fine addition to a hot dog.
As a side note, if you lay off salty foods in your drink/diet, they tend to become more appetizing.
No.888
Eating a lot of pickled food may increase your risk of gastric cancer.
http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/21/6/905.full