How to Pickle Vegetables and Fruits

There are four general methods for pickling: quick, salt-brined, vinegar-brined and fermented. Within those basic pickling techniques, there exist many variations to pickle different vegetables and fruits and to make relishes and chutneys. Each pickling method has its own benefits, and some produce lends itself better to one method or another. Quick-pickle method: Items that […]

Pickled Fennel

Photo by Judith Hausman Pickle some fennel! Just as a light poaching in sugar syrup helps me keep local fruit just a little longer, light pickling can do the same for seasonal vegetables. I gave a generous CSA share of green beans this treatment because I was going away for a weekend and didn’t want […]

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Great-grandma’s Pickled Beets

Eat these beets straight from the jar or cube them and serve in a salad with spinach, walnuts and goat cheese.

You Can Pickle That!

The age-old preservation method of pickling still finds an honored place at the table.