gloria.p wrote:

> ... After a month they will be ready to use and should be
> refrigerated.

From somewhere, I was told if you microwave the jars for a couple
minutes, you can cut down the curing time to a week.

I think you also need to add a few pinches of hot paprika or cayenne to
the jars as well, or at least when I've done it is what the recipe
called for.

B/

Brian Mailman wrote:
> gloria.p wrote:
>
>> ... After a month they will be ready to use and should be
>> refrigerated.
>
> From somewhere, I was told if you microwave the jars for a couple
> minutes, you can cut down the curing time to a week.
>
> I think you also need to add a few pinches of hot paprika or cayenne to
> the jars as well, or at least when I've done it is what the recipe
> called for.
>
> B/


Thanks! Various recipes called for cayenne, paprika, cloves, bay leaf,
cinnamon stick, etc. I had no idea which to add if any. I'll try the
cayenne.

gloria p

gloria.p wrote:
> Brian Mailman wrote:
>> gloria.p wrote:
>>
>>> ... After a month they will be ready to use and should be
>>> refrigerated.
>>
>> From somewhere, I was told if you microwave the jars for a couple
>> minutes, you can cut down the curing time to a week.
>>
>> I think you also need to add a few pinches of hot paprika or cayenne to
>> the jars as well, or at least when I've done it is what the recipe
>> called for.
>
> Thanks! Various recipes called for cayenne, paprika, cloves, bay leaf,
> cinnamon stick, etc. I had no idea which to add if any. I'll try the
> cayenne.

I think it's one of those my-gramma-did-it-this-way, and
my-gramma-did-it-that-way kinds of things. (or substitute
village/town/region)

B/