The commonest type of vinegar used for pickling is either distilled white or malt (brown). Use white vinegar if you don't want malt vinegar to darken the colour of the pickled items (hard-boiled eggs, whole or sliced onions, and other vegetables, etc). The vinegar used to pickle beetroot would not matter as the strong dark redness of the beetroot would override a malt vinegar.
There is a type of vinegar called pikling vinegar you can buy at Gordon's Food Service. I think.
To make refrigerator pickles, we use apple cider vinegar
White vinegar is the best vinegar to use for pickling eggs.
Any vinegar is ok but to avoid adding any other dlavors I would just use the white distilled vinegar
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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.'
vinegar (when pickling), salt . . .
Acids eg vinegar
By using small amount of vinegar it preserve pickle.
Oh goodness, I don't think I would do that if I were you. Vinegar is very important in the pickling process, its critical. Vinegar determines the pH of the pickling solution, the relative acidity of which affects whether bacteria in the food and solution are killed, affect the fermentation process, and the ultimate taste. You could well do all that work and end up with something that doesn't taste good, or worse, that could be dangerous for you to eat.
Just like salt, to preserve meat, vinegar does the same to cucumbers.
Yes but the result will be different. The distilled white vinegar does not add any specific flavor but the apple cider vinegar will impart a distinctively "fruity" undertone to whatever you're pickling. The pickling process will succeed but your end result will change.
Vinegar, which is a nothing but diluted acetic acid (around 7-10%). It is commonly used as a condiment or a pickling agent, but it is also used for household cleaning. It can be used to remove rust.
The pickling process involves the use of organic acids (such as vinegar) and this will react with the metal.
The addition of vinegar and the processing times are different for pickling than for canning. Canning cooks the vegetables thoroughly whereas pickling is done from the veggie's raw state.