On 2/21/2011 8:11 PM, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In s.com>,
> George > wrote:
>
>> Opened our first jar of mixed pickled vegetables yesterday afternoon.
>> Excellent taste and crunch, even the turnips were tasty and did not
>> cause gastric distress as cooked ones do. I should have purchased some
>> red radishes to include but could not find any locally. The radishes
>> tend to lend a red coloration to the other veggies and make a more
>> attractive pickle.
>
> Don't the radishes bleed out?
>
Yes, that's the attraction, turns all the others a reddish pink. Used to
buy the stuff when we lived in Saudi, pickled and jarred in Italy,
absolutely delicious. The radishes also added a wee bit of heat without
overcoming the taste of everything else.