P is for Pickle...

[snugglekitty]

..that's good enough for me
P is for Pickle, that's good enough for me
P is for Pickle, that's good enough for me,
OH! Pickle, pickle, pickle, starts with P.



Last night I went to BJs - usually mrpet goes for the family. This meant, among other things, that I got to troll PERSONALLY for cheap pickle ingredients, and I hit the jackpot.

I bought six pounds of peeled garlic. I know! I know. Maybe it was a little over the top. But it was only $1.49 for two pounds, and normally it would be like $6 for one, and mrpet has been saying he wanted pickled garlic, and I had just had garlic soup the day before and it was OMG so yummy...
I found a recipe for French pickled garlic in my Joy of Pickling, but I decided not to make a commitment yet (though white wine sounds a delicious addition, doesn't it?). I did microwave the garlic to make it a bit milder and more tender, and will be adding live brine when it cools down (it already has plenty of salt).

I also got three bags of shredded coleslaw of cabbage and carrot variety. I am going to use this to make lightly fermented Asian-style coleslaw, like you sometimes get in Tibetan restaurants. Nom nom nom.



A few days ago I also took a new batch of pickles out of the press - mixed end-of-summer dill pickles with boy choy, broccoli, peppers, carrots, and green beans. Nom nom.

Comments

[nessur.livejournal.com]

Pickle, pickle, yum, yum, pickle, pickle, yum!

[lady-anemone.livejournal.com]

I'll have to show you where those mixed pickles are so you can try them out. :)

[ceelove.livejournal.com]

Hey, shall we swap some? Next time we get together, bring along some samples? I've gotten good reviews of my sauerkraut and green tomato pickles.

[lady-anemone.livejournal.com]

Sure, we could swap some, though I already have both sauerkraut and green tomato pickles. You were maybe going to do a batch of peach pickles? Did that ever happen?

[ceelove.livejournal.com]

No, I've canned peaches, never pickled them. I do want to do a watermelon rind pickle, but that's sweet, and I'd have to do a lot of planning to get enough rind.

Perhaps I shall just ask to sample some of your experiments whenever I'm in your house. :)