I now have 12 quarts of sliced cucumbers in lime water. Tomorrow
after they have been rinsed well I will sort them out and make some
dill and some sweet pickles.

DH just came in with about a quart of blackberries. Think I will make
a pie and endure the seeds. I love blackberry pie.

"The Cook" > wrote in message
...
>I now have 12 quarts of sliced cucumbers in lime water. Tomorrow
> after they have been rinsed well I will sort them out and make some
> dill and some sweet pickles.
>
> DH just came in with about a quart of blackberries. Think I will make
> a pie and endure the seeds. I love blackberry pie.

What is lime water?

On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:56:05 -0400, "news.albasani.net"
> wrote:

>
>"The Cook" > wrote in message
.. .
>>I now have 12 quarts of sliced cucumbers in lime water. Tomorrow
>> after they have been rinsed well I will sort them out and make some
>> dill and some sweet pickles.
>>
>> DH just came in with about a quart of blackberries. Think I will make
>> a pie and endure the seeds. I love blackberry pie.
>
>What is lime water?


Pickling lime in water.

news.albasani.net wrote:
>
> "The Cook" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I now have 12 quarts of sliced cucumbers in lime water. Tomorrow
>> after they have been rinsed well I will sort them out and make some
>> dill and some sweet pickles.
>>
>> DH just came in with about a quart of blackberries. Think I will make
>> a pie and endure the seeds. I love blackberry pie.
>
> What is lime water?
Water with pickling lime dissolved in it. It is used to crisp up
vegetables for pickling. Usual market brand is Mrs. Wages. I've used it
for years myself.

"George Shirley" > wrote in message
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> news.albasani.net wrote:
>>
>> "The Cook" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> I now have 12 quarts of sliced cucumbers in lime water. Tomorrow
>>> after they have been rinsed well I will sort them out and make some
>>> dill and some sweet pickles.
>>>
>>> DH just came in with about a quart of blackberries. Think I will make
>>> a pie and endure the seeds. I love blackberry pie.
>>
>> What is lime water?
> Water with pickling lime dissolved in it. It is used to crisp up
> vegetables for pickling. Usual market brand is Mrs. Wages. I've used it
> for years myself.
Mrs Wages is not available in Canada. I'll have to bring some back next
spring. thanks.

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news.albasani.net wrote:
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> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
> ...
>> news.albasani.net wrote:
>>>
>>> "The Cook" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> I now have 12 quarts of sliced cucumbers in lime water. Tomorrow
>>>> after they have been rinsed well I will sort them out and make some
>>>> dill and some sweet pickles.
>>>>
>>>> DH just came in with about a quart of blackberries. Think I will make
>>>> a pie and endure the seeds. I love blackberry pie.
>>>
>>> What is lime water?
>> Water with pickling lime dissolved in it. It is used to crisp up
>> vegetables for pickling. Usual market brand is Mrs. Wages. I've used
>> it for years myself.
> Mrs Wages is not available in Canada. I'll have to bring some back next
> spring. thanks.
>


Epsom salts in water also works pretty well if you can't get lime.
(everybody thinks I'm joking whenever I mention this) It's not as good
as lime or calcium chloride, but it's cheap and universally available
and it works.

Bob

"zxcvbob" > wrote in message
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> news.albasani.net wrote:
>>
>> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> news.albasani.net wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "The Cook" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> I now have 12 quarts of sliced cucumbers in lime water. Tomorrow
>>>>> after they have been rinsed well I will sort them out and make some
>>>>> dill and some sweet pickles.
>>>>>
>>>>> DH just came in with about a quart of blackberries. Think I will make
>>>>> a pie and endure the seeds. I love blackberry pie.
>>>>
>>>> What is lime water?
>>> Water with pickling lime dissolved in it. It is used to crisp up
>>> vegetables for pickling. Usual market brand is Mrs. Wages. I've used it
>>> for years myself.
>> Mrs Wages is not available in Canada. I'll have to bring some back next
>> spring. thanks.
>>
>
>
> Epsom salts in water also works pretty well if you can't get lime.
> (everybody thinks I'm joking whenever I mention this) It's not as good as
> lime or calcium chloride, but it's cheap and universally available and it
> works.
>
> Bob

Expand, oh Bob. How long do thou soakest veggies? And how many rinsings?
Especially for zukes, I'd like to crisp up some veggies, but can't abide the
lime taste, even tho I'm probably not doing it rightly.
Edrena

In article >,
zxcvbob > wrote:

> Epsom salts in water also works pretty well if you can't get lime.
> (everybody thinks I'm joking whenever I mention this) It's not as good
> as lime or calcium chloride, but it's cheap and universally available
> and it works.
>
> Bob

I've been thinking about something for quite a while, Bob: Where in
heck do you come up with your alternative products? I mean, how do you
decide you're going to use epsom salts because you didn't have, couldn't
find, or didn't want to pay the price for, say, calcium chloride? WHY
did you consider epsom salts, fercryin'outloud? Serious question.
Inquiring Mind and all. . . .

Is this a cheap Texan's trick? Farm knowledge? Are you one of those IT
guys who's training is in chemistry? Hmmmmmmmm?

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news.albasani.net wrote:
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> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
> ...
>> news.albasani.net wrote:
>>>
>>> "The Cook" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> I now have 12 quarts of sliced cucumbers in lime water. Tomorrow
>>>> after they have been rinsed well I will sort them out and make some
>>>> dill and some sweet pickles.
>>>>
>>>> DH just came in with about a quart of blackberries. Think I will make
>>>> a pie and endure the seeds. I love blackberry pie.
>>>
>>> What is lime water?
>> Water with pickling lime dissolved in it. It is used to crisp up
>> vegetables for pickling. Usual market brand is Mrs. Wages. I've used
>> it for years myself.
> Mrs Wages is not available in Canada. I'll have to bring some back next
> spring. thanks.
>
You can use Ball/Bernadin Pickle Crisp to crisp up your pickles plus
Ball/Bernadin makes their own Pickling Lime, have a couple of boxes of
each in the pantry. Take a look around or find some on line if really
needed. That's how I got my Pickle Crisp as there weren't any in stores
around here. I popped the question to my favorite supermarket manager
and he says it will be in stock next pickling season.

In article >,
"news.albasani.net" > wrote:

> Mrs Wages is not available in Canada. I'll have to bring some back next
> spring. thanks.

You want some mailed to you, Helen? I could probably have it in the
mail in a day or two.
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rec.food.cooking
Preserved Fruit Administrator
"Always in a jam. Never in a stew." - Evergene