Comments on: Pickling Punk Rock Style

By: Christine

Christine — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:27:04 +0000

I have a bread and butter pickle recipe from a great aunt that tastes wonderful. However, because of a small, hot kitchen, I don’t can. Is it possible to make these and freeze them?

By: Tria Shaffer

Tria Shaffer — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 18:19:24 +0000

Your advice about fermenting pickles is just plain wrong (sorry). Fermenting pickles is not pickling–they are two different processes and result in two different products. Fermenting cucumbers is an easy reliable way to preserve them. It is also more nutritious than pickling. No sugar is required, and no cooking which kills nutrients and enzymes contained in fermented foods. I do agree that pickling is a good place to start, but please don’t scare people into thinking that they can’t ferment garden produce safely. A good book to get an understanding and recipes is Wild Fermentation by Sandor Ellix Katz. We have had huge success in fermenting and I’m a bit of a zealot about it–thanks for letting me post.

By: Linda L.

Linda L. — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:51:20 +0000

I will try this. It seems easy and I don’t have to can them! So sorry about your well Allen. I hope you were able to pump water from your pond and you didn’t lose water at your house or for the birds. Are you allowed to pump water from the river? or is that a “no-no?”

By: Allen's Blog - P. Allen Smith Garden Home | Natural Soil Nutrients | Scoop.it

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 13:53:02 +0000

[...] Writer, photographer and gardener Laura Mathews shares pickling tips and a recipe for freezer bread and butter pickles. [...]