Can you make pickles this way?

[Tab]

I would think so - at least I'm trying it.

I finished off a jar of pickles that aren't bad - Nita's B&B Pickles by Cain's



There was about a third of a bottle with the pickle juice in it. We had a cucumber that either needed to get used or it would have to get tossed shortly (it was still good), so I sliced it up thin, and put the slices in the bottle.

It's sort of an unorthodox technique, and it may not work, or it may take weeks, but I'm curious to see if you can "recycle" pickle juice in this way. Note - I would never try this with a meat marinade (that's unsafe, and we had a separate discussion about that some weeks ago) but I'd think this would be relatively safe. If you think it's dangerous (could develop botulism, although it's not really an anaerobic environment) let me know, but I'm giving it a shot.

[troubleinwinter]

1. I don't know if it's unsafe. But I've done it!

[Inchworm]

2. Being typical was never my strong suit

So I can't say anything to the safeness of doing that.

I have always done what you are doing. I get the big bottles of pickles and as they start running out I add all sorts of veggies. Sometimes I have to add vinegar. I am also a stickler about not using a daggone fork or grabber to get things out.

My favorite is pickled carrots and pickled asparagus :rofl:

I always do a batch of eggs in it last then toss.

:hi:

[The empressof all]

3. Red Pickled eggs are the best

We just always threw them in the pickled beet juice and popped them in the fridge for a few days.

I think I may need to check the sugar content of that brine and make a batch of these soon.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

9. Now you've done it!!!

I just stocked up on beets for borscht tonight - which has been postponed in favor of red curry with chicken and basmati rice - and now I'm remembering my mother's pickled beets. She also threw in tons of onion slices and hard-boiled eggs. The onions were my favorites.

And I got lots of onions.

Tomorrow, tomorrow.

Thanks for the reminder!

:toast:

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[The empressof all]

11. The onions were great

Try throwing in a clove of garlic or two....Now that's a treat! I also put in some peppercorns for a little zest and sometimes some lemon rind

I'm craving those stupid eggs now too. Don't know how well they'd go with my date nut sandwich though. I may break down and try to make a loaf of that this weekend if I can get to TJ's for the dates and walnuts.

[Tesha]

4. why waste that lovely juice?

I always boil the juice first then drop in the cukes or whatever...
screw on the lid and leave for a few weeks... mmmmm

[Tangerine LaBamba]

6. That's what I've done

Boil it, just to make sure, and then drop in whatever raw vegetables I have on hand - broccoli, zucchini chips, carrots, and onions.

Although I found four big jars of pickled onions marked down to eighty cents each today, so I'm good with them for now.

Got big cans of artichoke hearts for a dollar, too.

I love the "Used Food" rack in my grocery store.

But, yeah, that's a great way to use up the pickle juice.

[hippywife]

5. I did it and it worked out just fine.

I ate a few of them and then took them to a friend's house. They're still walking around. None of us have a possibly compromised immune system, though, so please take that into account. :hug:

[Warpy]

7. You need to do it in the fridge

and I'd advise against reusing the pickle juice more than once.

The problem is the salt draws the juice out of the cucumber as it pickles, diluting the juice. Eventually it will get weak enough that you'll have cucumber slime in a very weak salt and vinegar solution.

However, reusing it once sounds like a great idea when you find a brand you really like.

I'm still celebrating the fact that Sunflower Market here in NM sells half sours.

[Tesha]

8. right... fridge

Store them in your fridge, just like regular opened jars...

[Tab]

10. They are in the fridge

I'm not a total idiot. :)

Never occurred to me about boiling.

I did suspect, without thinking why, that it was probably a one-time event. Instincts told me that reusing over and over would probably weaken it and or get it mucky. So we'll see.

I have other brands I like much better, and I'd like to do something with Wickles, but let's start with this.

[Richard Steele]

12. I regularly use such leftover juice to pickle eggs in.

I've been doing it for years- so far, no deaths! :thumbsup:

Since I prefer the sweeter styles of pickles, I usually add
some white vinegar when re-using the juice for eggs, and that
probably helps inhibit the growth of nasty invisible things
in the jar.