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Pickled daikon made by hhholiday. Not a fermented pickle, this one has daikon, water, white vinegar, sugar, salt, turmeric, black pepper, and star anise. Very tasty.


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We finally had our first real unresolved pickle conundrum. I attempted some pickled beets in our new japanese pickle press. I roasted them first, a technique I'd read about in Nourishing Traditions, which has many pickle recipes. After 3 days I ended up with a viscous mess. They were yellow beets, and pulling them out of the brine/slime they ( Read more... )

The holidays have been un-surprisingly themed with pickles. Many pickles were eaten, many pickle recipes were pondered, pickle-loving friends were made, and many pickle-related gifts were given.

The first gift from seyewailo was a huge 2-gallon glass jar that's perfect for a whole bunch of fat gherkin-style pickling cucumbers. I immediately transferred the ( Read more... )

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The last couple weeks have seen a few new pickling projects. ( tales with photos behind the cut )

As I may have mentioned, there's a new batch of kraut brewing. Had my first taste last night. Damn that shit is good. And fermenting fast ( Read more... )

Got home last night. Sniffed the kraut that hhholiday so lovingly tended in my absence. H described it as an "old man smell." Strange, but I had faith from her reports that the aroma of the brine didn't reflect the actual flavor of the kraut. First things first, we spent the evening focused on, ahem, more important things, and left our kraut baby to rest ( Read more... )

my sweet hhholiday and i are making sauerkraut! i am actually in pdx while she tends it, but she's kind enough to give me daily kraut reports.

AND she was kind enough to post it all in her journal.

Love, Fattest

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