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Can you use misc jars you have around the house like mayo or other pickle jars to do your own pickling in and how do you seal them if so?
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It is not safe to reuse commercial canning jars for home canning. The glass in home canning jars is thicker than in commercial jars and they are created specifically to work with 2-piece lids. It is also not advisable to use very old canning jars.
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Can you freeze olives?
Yes, but it is not advised. Freezing them makes their cell walls break and they have no structure when thawed out. I would pickle them in vinegar or other pickling juice.
What is the chemical formula for pickle juice?
Pickle "juice" is typically water and vinegar, plus other ingredients added for flavour - chillis for example. Usually white (spirit) vinegar is used.
Why do we pickle foods?
Eaten in moderation, it's fine to pickle and eat pickled food. It has been connected to health problems for three separate reasons: # The heavy salt used (high sodium) in pickling is bad for blood pressure. # The Nitrates used in commercial pickling have been linked consistently to stomach cancer. # Indirectly, but probably the leading association: In societies where pickling is used extensively, is it due to lack of fresh vegetables (and by extension, probably fruit) so that it's not the pickling per se, but rather what pickled vegetables, meat and fish are replacing in the diet.
Is an acid or a base used in pickling?
There are many ways to 'pickle' cucumbers and vegatables. The most common recipes for pickling involve vinegar (distilled or apple cider vinegar) and salt. Both distilled and apple cider vinegar contain acetic acid. So your answer is 'acid.'
Can pickles turn back into a cucumber?
No. You can pickle a cucumber (or other items like vegetables or even eggs), but this involves a chemical reaction which cannot be reversed. Most pickling solutions contain spices, salt or vinegar which chemically alter the item being pickled. It might be possible to remove some of the spices or pickling ingredients by soaking in water and rinsing, but you can never return a dill pickle, or other pickled cucumber, into a cucumber again.
What is the difference between a pickle and a cucumber?
The fresh vegetable as you use in salads is a cucumber & the method of preserving it is pickling,cumbers are immersed in vinegar to which salt & other spices may be added ,to improve the taste.Many types of vegetables are preserved by pickiling & a variety of methods & recipes exist also ethnic varitions of pickles are numerous. :]
Are Kosher Dill pickles a good snack?
Technically, there's nothing about a pickle that makes it kosher or not kosher. The name refers to a 'style' or flavor of pickling ... just so much dill and just so much salt. They won't prevent or cure anything. They sure taste good. And if you have no problem with that level of salt, then they won't hurt you. Just like any other dill pickle.
What is fermentation and pickling?
A pickle is a sour cucumber that has been fermented in a brine solution. Other spices are usually included so that the overall mixture tastes good. Chili and mangoes are also common additions to the pickles.
Is a pickle liike a cucumber?
A pickle is a cucumber. It has been "pickled" or soaked in vinegar and other spices.
Can you make pickles from cucumbers that are not the pickling variety?
Yes you can. However, pickling cucumbers have smaller and fewer seeds and a thinner skin than other cucumbers. Therefore, they absorb the pickling solution better and tend to be more crisp than larger cucumbers.
What is sparex?
Sparex No. 2 Pickling CompoundGranular, dry acid compound for pickling, cleaning, and removing surface oxidation and scale from silver, copper, duraluminum, and other non-ferrous metals.
What foods turn into other foods?
a cucumber turns into a pickle
