Joe and I LOVE our pickles, but they can be a little pricy, so I was
looking for some recipes online. Nothing was very simple though. I
also hate throwing away things that can be reused in another way. As I
posted previously in regards to tomato juice. So, when Joe and I
finished our most recent jar of pickles, I decided to have a little
experiment. I bought a cucumber from ALDI for $0.59, and sliced it into
spears, and put those spears in my leftover pickle juice, put the container in the fridge, and then I
waited. Two weeks later, I tried a 'pickle' spear, and they are
seriously yum-o! Not as salty as the original pickle spears, but still very tasty. We'll definitely be making these again, and again! As your pickle juice amount lessens, just top off with a little white vinegar, so your pickles stay covered.
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This is brilliant! I make my own pickles during canning season but when we run out we have to buy them, and I always HATED throwing away good juice! I am totally going to try this, and I am going to cross post on my blog.:) This is like one of those holy grail homesteader things. Sweet!
ReplyDeleteThank you! Hope you enjoy them as much as we do!
DeleteHave you seen the lime ones? I can't wait to try this! Since we have a lime tree, I might try adding it too. :)
ReplyDeleteLime pickles? Never heard of them, but in MD we don't have such nice citrus fruit trees. You'll have to let me know how they turn out. :-)
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