Test #2796: Derek was stunned by the airtight seal on this fermenter. It outperformed our pro-grade glass kits in a 4-day brine run with zero odor leakage. Surprisingly rugged build for €39.46 (50% off). #TheFindLab #KitchenHacks #Pickling

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Still pretty dark here due to cloud cover, so not a lot of light in my pic, sorry.

I’ve started #pickling my big pear #tomatoes. So many!

Goodness, it seems that in some places the term "pickling" includes #fermenting, and/or the term "fermenting" includes #pickling.

These are two independent processes, both of which have delicious outcomes - pickling is immersing and ingredients in an acidic liquid (vinegar, lemon etc, and often including salt) so it infuses the ingredient, and lacto fermentation is immersing the ingredient in a brine to allow beneficial bacteria to do their work. When foods are lacto fermented, the sour flavour is a result of a reaction between a food's sugars and naturally present bacteria.

I realised that there is some confusion when a friend said she was fermenting cucumbers when actually she was pickling them.

This is a good explanation: https://asiasociety.org/education/science-pickling-and-fermentations

#Food #InterestingInformation

for those that do #preserving and #pickling and what not, are the glass clip top jars any better or worse than reusing old jars (eg vegemite, peanut butter, garlic etc)?

I have found the jars with metal lids tend to rust a bit if you are doing pickles, so I am not super keen on going down the mason jar route

My search for the perfect spice led me to create sweet, mild pickled jalapeños.

Cap Puckhaber shares his passion for spicy food here:
https://funkyfreshfoodtruck.com/my-sweet-mild-pickled-jalapenos/

#Pickling #GutHealth #CapPuckhaber #Jalapenos #spicyfood #food