Don't you just love pickled stuff?

[Perfection]

I was just eating this jar of homemade pickled green tomatoes and I realised how much I love pickled stuff. Herring, veggies, eggs, whatever, if it's pickled I probobly like it.

So how about you what's your opinion on pickled stuff.

 

[Fifty]

The only pickled things that I like are cucumbers, and capers.

herring?!

 

[Perfection]

herring?!

It's great, the acid makes the bones dissolve!

 

[emzie]

Pickled onions and eggs make me vomit

 

[Hundegesicht]

Pickled squid guts are pretty good.

 

[emzie]

Squid is just gross.

 

[Perfection]

Pickled squid guts are pretty good.

Squid guts? Like its heart and stuff?

 

[Hundegesicht]

Guts. Like the digestive tract. (GI in humans, I think) That'd be squid's form of intestines, stomach, liver, etc. though it's a lot more simplistic. They usually include the ink too, which is very good tasting.

It's basically what they do with the rest of the squid once they remove the mantle for calimari... waste not, want not!

 

[amadeus]

How do you pickle something? I just like pickles.

 

[Plexus]

I can't stand pickled stuff.

Candied stuff, on the other hand...

 

[Hundegesicht]

How do you pickle something? I just like pickles.

Um, generally, they soak it in a solution containing acetic acid (C2H4O2, vinegar, essentially) which preserves the vegetable. Not sure how, exactly, but it works... (they also add dill, onions, garlic, and other stuff for taste)

 

[Yom]

Pickled stuff is pretty nasty to me. At least pickles are, I haven't tried anything else.

 

[Perfection]

Um, generally, they soak it in a solution containing acetic acid (C2H4O2, vinegar, essentially) which preserves the vegetable. Not sure how, exactly, but it works... (they also add dill, onions, garlic, and other stuff for taste)

You usually add a good amount of salt too.

 

[Hundegesicht]

Brine is a Kosher alternative, IIRC. (usually only popular with pickled cucumbers)

 

[viper275]

Actually, a brine is simply a mixture of sugar, salt, and water (usually more water than salt and not very much sugar), although it is commonly flavored. I don't eat much pickled stuff but it's probably added acids and flavorings like dill. I've heard of brine being used for barbecue too, with molasses and other barbecue-like flavorings instead of things like dill. But I'm getting off topic now.

As you may infer from what I just said, I don't like/eat very many pickled things.

 

[Perfection]

Brine is a Kosher alternative, IIRC. (usually only popular with pickled cucumbers)

Brine is only an extreme example, most pickling recipes call for salt. Of course, it's usually not to the level of brine.

 

[Hundegesicht]

Sorry. Brine was used to preserve things before modern day pickling processes that use acids such as acetic. I thought when you said "salt" you were referring to this, rather than just adding salt in general.

 

[Perfection]

Sorry. Brine was used to preserve things before modern day pickling processes that use acids such as acetic. I thought when you said "salt" you were referring to this, rather than just adding salt in general.

That's okay,we all make mistakes (and by we, I mean everybody but me).

 

[Birdjaguar]

That's okay,we all make mistakes (and by we, I mean everybody but me).

Bread & Butter pickles and sweet pickles, yum! I do't care much for dill though.

BTW, Perfection do you know where Malacca is?

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

pickled collieflower(sp?) is awesome too