"George Shirley" > wrote in message
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> On 4/14/2011 2:17 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
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>>> Most of the flavor in pickled stuff comes from herbs and/or spices and
>>> not the vinegar. Vinegar is generally used to make whatever is pickled
>>> safe to keep and eat. Creepy crawlies don't like vinegar. The standard
>>> for pickling here is 5% vinegar, usually white but I suppose you could
>>> use any type as long as it is at least 5% USP(United States
>>> Pharmacopoeia) of course the UK may have a different standard. I have
>>> used apple cider and red wine vinegar for pickles a few times but was
>>> not happy with the taste of the final product. All of those flavored
>>> vinegars in this country, with minor exceptions, are 5%USP.
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>> OK so I can experiment so long as the ph of the vinegar is right?
> Sure, if you don't mind ruining a batch of pickles because the vinegar
> gave it an off taste. I would make one small jar and refrigerate it versus
> Boiling Water Bath just to see if the taste was right.

Good idea. I have taken on board what you said about the vinegar not being
used for the flavour. I have a bottle of wine vinegar in my store with 6%
acidity. I use it for salad dressings and might have tried to pickle with
it.


>> Heh I still haven't worked out what I will pickle
> Last year I pickled some yellow summer squash with a bread and butter
> recipe. I generally don't like B&B pickles but I've already eaten most of
> the last jar just by myself. Planted twelve straight neck yellow squash
> plants yesterday.
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>>> We went by Lowe's garden center after Miz Anne's doctor appointment
>>> this morning, picked up some more tomato plants, sweet chiles, squash,
>>> both zucchini and straight neck yellow, and some Ichiban eggplant. I
>>> will plant them later today along with some green beans, small yellow
>>> pear tomatoes, etc. from seed we already have. Included will be the
>>> George's Longhorn mild chile, I used sweet longhorns and various hot
>>> chiles to breed them into a mild, very prolific sweet chile that
>>> ripens red but is very good green. Took about fifteen years of playing
>>> with them to get what I wanted.
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>> Ehh tha's bin a busy lad
>>
>>> Miz Anne is doing very well according to the doctor. He told her that
>>> 25% of hip surgery patients her age die within one year, she's not one
>>> of those according to him, another 25% go into nursing homes within
>>> one year, she's also not one of those, another 25% tend to have
>>> problems for the rest of their lives and the group she's in live to a
>>> ripe old age without problems. He's thinks she's exceptional and is
>>> healing rapidly.
>>
>> Excellent)))
>>
> I've always thought she was exceptional myself, the reason I married her.

Indubitubububly m'dear)
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