When I came up with this vinegar (i.e. unfermented) pickle recipe, I had made fermented “phokra” several times. (That name is a no-brainer of course.) I love that stuff and plan to post a recipe at some point. Fermented foods are rich in probiotic bacteria and have tremendous flavor. On […]
Tag: Pickles
How Do I Make My Pickled Onions Bright Pink? (Recipe)
Don’t you just love those bright pink onions on your tacos? (And also the escabeche of hot peppers, carrots, radish, etc. common to Mexican restaurants?) I’ve been asked how to get that really striking shade of pink before and the answer is simple. Besides using red onions, for a real […]
Fermented Pho Pickles
In case you didn’t know, I love Pho soup. Did you know pho is pronounced “fuh”? There’s a restaurant here in the Atlanta area called “What the pho?” and I’ve heard of one called “Pho King Awesome.” (My all-time favorite pho place, by the way, is here in Atlanta and […]
Senfgurken (German Mustard Pickles)
Are you ready for pickles with no skin and no seeds? You can even do this to the big salad cucumbers you normally would never use for pickles, and come away with something amazing! I love this recipe for a lot of reasons. One is that, although it is not […]
Low-Sodium Garlic Dill Pickles
Notes to newcomers to fermentation: If you want to get right to the recipe now, you can skip past this background discussion. A friend of my family once commented on how delicious my fermented classic garlic dill pickles looked. So I offered to make him a batch, but to my […]
Scarborough Fair Pickles
“Are you going to Scarborough Fair?” That ballad’s beautiful refrain “Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme” is often playing in my head when I’m out in my herb garden this time of year. (I probably watched the Graduate too many times in high school.) And so I’ve had this thought for […]
Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) Fermented Pickles
Due to the increasing number of individuals on the AIP who are new to fermenting, this article serves as something of a broad intro. Scroll down to the recipe below if you just want to get to it! Although I’ve practiced my own spin on the Paleo Diet for a […]
World’s Greatest Bread & Butter Pickles
I know, “world’s greatest” is a pretty bold claim, but I think you’re going to agree. What’s more, these will be ready in just 24 hours! (Note though that waiting several days to a week will allow for more flavor penetration.) Yes, they’re vinegar pickles, not fermented, but this is […]
Everything Bagel Pickles
My mom had bought me some Trader Joe’s “Everything But the Bagel Sesame Seasoning” because she knows how much I love “everything” bagels, which I’m assuming you know but in case you don’t is like a magical all-in-one bagel usually with the toppings poppy, sesame, coarse salt, dehydrated onion, and […]
Everything You Need to Know to Make Kosher Garlic Dills the Old-Fashioned way
This is a recipe for classic kosher garlic dill pickles. A “kosher dill” doesn’t really refer to kosher in the sense of Jewish dietary restrictions but rather that it is in the style of the early 20th century New York Jewish pickle makers… with kosher salt and a generous amount […]