Category Archives: Pickles

A Mixed Pickle of Mixed Parentage

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

When Jennifer Burns Levin wrote about her encounter with atjar tjampoer in Amsterdam, I realized that this Indonesian-Dutch cousin of chow-chow was missing from my collection of recipes for the mixed pickles that originated in the East Indies and traveled … Continue reading →

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Eating and Drinking in New Orleans

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

Robert and I flew to New Orleans the week before last to spend time with our youngest, who was finishing an internship in southern Louisiana, and to see the city for the first time. I hope you don’t mind my … Continue reading →

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A Quick Wintertime Refrigerator Relish

Posted on February 19, 2013 by

What can you do with a few beets, some slowly shriveling apples from last fall’s harvest, and an ever-expanding patch of horseradish? Inspired by a traditional beet-horseradish relish from Russia and a canned beet-apple pickle that I read about somewhere … Continue reading →

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Uses for Pickle Brine, Part II

Posted on November 8, 2012 by

As American bartenders have grown increasingly inventive in recent years, some have taken inspiration from the pickle jar on the bar. The dirty martini—a martini with a bit of olive brine added—has long been a bartending favorite. But now, all … Continue reading →

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Uses for Pickle Brine, Part I

Posted on November 8, 2012 by

What do you do with the brine when you empty your pickle jar? At my house, we go through so many pickles that I often guiltily dump the brine down the drain. Pickle brine has seldom gone to waste in … Continue reading →

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A Fool for Pickled Chard

Posted on November 6, 2012 by

I finally got around to pickling chard stems again last week, when I needed to dig out several big Swiss chard plants so I could start next year’s garlic crop in a raised bed. These plants were of the Bright … Continue reading →

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Surprisingly Delicious: Fermented Tomato Salsa

Posted on November 5, 2012 by

Following my post on thick salsa made from baked sliced tomatoes, a reader asked about making fermented salsa. I grimaced as I considered how easily tomatoes rot. Cutting them up and leaving them to ferment would be asking for trouble, … Continue reading →

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Pickled Peppers, by the Pint or by the Peck

Posted on October 17, 2012 by

For a primer on both pickling with vinegar and water-bath canning, see my recent post at the website Eating Rules.

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Check That Vinegar Label

Posted on October 11, 2012 by

Until recently, cider and distilled vinegar sold in the United States was dependably diluted to 5-percent acetic acid. All U.S. Department of Agriculture home-canning recipes that call for vinegar specify a strength of 5 percent, and in writing recipes myself … Continue reading →

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Quick Bite-Size Chunk Pickles

Posted on September 10, 2012 by

When Sharon Wiest suggested I teach students at the Culinary Center in Lincoln City how to make a sweet, hot cucumber chunk pickle, I had to think hard. Did I have any recipe in The Joy of Pickling for a … Continue reading →

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