“Well, it’s a pickle” were the words that fell from my mouth after I appraised one of my quickles. It took a moment–and a few more samples–until I was actually rather taken with the batch. They are sweet, with a bit of savory coming in afterwards. The onions are actually quite good as well. This […]
Sorry for the gap, folks. A brief tango with a nasty cold left me unable to type complete sentences for several days. But I am back and just in time because, as promised, I started in this past weekend on my debut pickle, the refrigerator pickle. And, also as promised, it has earned a more […]
I’ve been scanning another of the books I picked up the other day–The Complete Book of Small-Batch Preserving, by Ellie Topp and Margaret Howard–and believe I’ve found my debut dill, the refrigerator pickle. I’m itching to get started and am discovering just how many steps there are to this procedure, not to mention how many items […]
So I’m off and running. I stopped by the Santa Monica Library the other day to pick up some good pickle reading and brought home four delicious gems, one of which I’m already quite taken with. “A Primer for Pickles” by Ruby Charity Stark Guthrie & Jack Stark Guthrie is indeed quite inspiring and I’m feeling […]
