Pickle inspection, week 2 Sean M Puckett 8/24 '19

Our small green children are doing fine. 

We’ll look in on them again next week!

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8/24 '19 12 Comments
Looooooookin' gooooooooood!
Jill "xtingu" Knapp
Yay!
Karen Kuhl
Lazy question (feel free to just tell me to google it; I promise not to be offended): Are all pickles fermented, or are these special fermenty pickles? Also, I notice none of your pickles are on the sweet side. Is that just a preference (some folks don't dig sweet pickles) or do sweet pickles not work in this neato fermenty way?
Jill "xtingu" Knapp
Some pickles are fermented. Fermentation produces a distinctive sour taste (kosher dills, kimchi) and uses brine rather than an acidic (usually vinegar-based) solution.

We don't crave sweet pickles, but fermented sweet pickle recipes exist (https://realfoodoutlaws.com/lacto-fermented-sweet-pickle-slices/)
Dawn Keenan
Hmm. The link doesn't seem to work, and I didn't find it roaming around on the site?
Anne Mollo
Weird. It doesn't work for me as a direct link. The title of the 2013 entry is "LACTO-FERMENTED SWEET PICKLE SLICES"
Dawn Keenan
Yeah, same for me, too! So weird!
This is the perfectly-viewable page/URL I get when I google it... looks straaaaangely like the same dang ol' URL Sean gave:

https://realfoodoutlaws.com/lacto-fermented-sweet-pickle-slices/


(PS: Why is their addition of an oak leaf the coolest thing I've ever heard of? Had no idea oak leaves could be used for culinary purposes. Ya learn somethin' new everyday!)
Jill "xtingu" Knapp
I don't crave sweet pickles either, but sometimes I want a fermented pickle that is a little more balanced--mostly sour but maybe with a hint of sweet. Wondering if that is achievable.
Anne Mollo
MMMmmmmm. Sweet-ish pickles!
Jill "xtingu" Knapp
Ah! Thank you for the explanation. Very cool!

Between your pickle-making, Annie's honey-gathering, and Grant's canning, I really want to make something that helps me carry summer into the cold months. Probably too late for that now, but next year.
Jill "xtingu" Knapp
Tasty, tasty children.
Lindsay Harris Friel
[drool] I want to attend the opening gala.
Anne Mollo