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The Joy of Pickling
The Joy of Jams, Jellies, and Other Sweet Preserves

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- Bamboo for Dinner
- A Mixed Pickle of Mixed Parentage
- One Fine Mixer: Fermented Lemon Brine
- Experiments with Tibicos (Water Kefir)
- Homegrown Belgian Endive
- Eating and Drinking in New Orleans
- A Quick Wintertime Refrigerator Relish
- Citron Melon Again, for Dessert
- A Bean Worth Drying: The Scarlet Runner
Tag Archives: lemons
One Fine Mixer: Fermented Lemon Brine
While making space in my overstuffed refrigerator last week, I chopped a last slice of brined lemon, tossed it into the bean soup bubbling on the stove, and began to tip the jar of brine into the sink. But … Continue reading
Posted in Fermented foods, Fruits
Tagged brined, cocktail, fermented, lemons, mixed drink, pickled, pickletini, preserved, vokda
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Glass Weights for Small-Batch Pickling
When you’re making fermented pickles, you must usually weight the food, because until it is well acidified it can easily spoil on exposure to air. Vegetables or fruits fermenting in a crock or plastic bucket are typically weighted with a … Continue reading
Posted in Fermented foods, Fruits, Pickles, Preserving science
Tagged brining, Fermented foods, ferrmenting, glass weights, lemons, pickling, preserved lemons
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A New Bottled Lemon Juice: Fragrant and Sulfite-Free
After reading “Real Lemon versus ReaLemon,” Harry Merzian of Dream Foods International sent me a sample bottle of his company’s Italian Volcano Lemon Juice. This juice is not made from concentrate but squeezed from fresh-picked lemons, which are organically grown … Continue reading
Posted in Preserving science
Tagged food, lemon juice, lemons, organic, preserving, ReaLemon, sulfites, Volcano International
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