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George Shirley

wrote:
> On Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:32:34 -0600, George Shirley
> > wrote:
>
>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>> In article >,
>>> George Shirley > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Note: couldn't access your post about pickle crisp with the URL but I
>>>> think Ball no longer produces it.
>>> Apparently Ball is re-introducing it this spring.
>>>
>> Very good, that means I can buy it locally instead of on line. Thank
>> you. Maybe the bitching email I sent to them helped.
>
> George,
>
> I can't remember if you tried using the non-trade named calcium
> chloride, as in the stuff available from home brewing suppliers.
> Same ratio as Pickle Crisp?
> I have a quantity of it here, left over from my home brewing days that
> we will probably try during this year's pickling time.
>
> Ross.

No, haven't tried the plain calcium chloride, still have several packets
of Pickle Crisp in the pantry. I do have a site bookmarked that sells
the plain stuff in varying quantities, just in case. If Jardin, and
Ball, are bringing Pickle Crisp back I will be able to buy it in the
local supermarkets. Folks in this area are big on canning and preserving
so there year round supplies of most canning stuff, makes it simpler to
pick up as needed.

We've got one brew store here, I buy the rubber rings for my lightning
top two liter bottles from there. The ones I shipped home from the
Middle East, used to buy them full of various juices, non-fermented of
course, at least until I got them going again. <G>