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Cauliflower Pickle Revisited *long*
Well I made the Mixed Winter Pickle from _Small Batch
Preserving_. Whoo boy is it sweet. The recipe called for slinging the cauliflower, onion, and carrots into the boiling vinegar mix and bring back to a boil. I did not put the onion in this category, as I like crisp onion! I also parboiled them baby carrots for 3 mins beforehand, as we don't like our carrots too crunchy. I did not have any wax beans so I used Sugar Snap Peas. I would not advise this again. They were certainly edible, but this recipe is canned and at my altitude the mix had to boil for 25 minutes. The peas were on the verge of too done. The simmering water bath process was also suggested in the recipe. The cauliflower maintained its shape, but was well cooked. Chunks of cauliflower big or bigger than a walnut is a good size. Smaller gets cooked too much. The recipe called for 2 cups florets, about 1/2 cauliflower. I wanted more. The red bell pepper maintained its bright red color, but the texture was on the verge of soft. Once again, the simmer bath mighta been better. I also threw in a sprig of dill (it's been waving at me in the garden), but the flavor was drowned out by the vinegar, onion and cauliflower. Maybe needed to use dill seed or more leaf. I also made a batch replacing 1.5 cups sugar with 3/4 cup splenda, used 4 cups cauliflower, a piece of cabbage that needed to be used and no peas. This was nice, but all the cole veggies gave off a di-stink-tive aroma when the jar was opened. Didn't affect taste to me, but open that jar in the pantry not at the party. The cauliflower stems, peeled and sliced were nice too. hehehe My neighbor, who won the benefit of this experiment asked me to teach her how the pickle is made. bwhahaha. The first ones're free, the rest cost ya! Making asparagas pickles tomorrow as a reward for balancing the checkbook once again. Edrena |
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Cauliflower Pickle Revisited *long*
Would you be kind enough to post the recipe and process from start to
finish for us newbies? Thanks Dave G >Well I made the Mixed Winter Pickle from _Small Batch >Preserving_. >Whoo boy is it sweet. The recipe called for slinging the >cauliflower, onion, and carrots into the boiling vinegar mix >and bring back to a boil. I did not put the onion in this >category, as I like crisp onion! I also parboiled them baby >carrots for 3 mins beforehand, as we don't like our carrots >too crunchy. > I did not have any wax beans so I used Sugar Snap Peas. I >would not advise this again. They were certainly edible, but >this recipe is canned and at my altitude the mix had to boil >for 25 minutes. The peas were on the verge of too done. The >simmering water bath process was also suggested in the >recipe. > The cauliflower maintained its shape, but was well cooked. >Chunks of cauliflower big or bigger than a walnut is a good >size. Smaller gets cooked too much. The recipe called for 2 >cups florets, about 1/2 cauliflower. I wanted more. The red >bell pepper maintained its bright red color, but the texture >was on the verge of soft. Once again, the simmer bath mighta >been better. > I also threw in a sprig of dill (it's been waving at me in >the garden), but the flavor was drowned out by the vinegar, >onion and cauliflower. Maybe needed to use dill seed or more >leaf. > I also made a batch replacing 1.5 cups sugar with 3/4 cup >splenda, used 4 cups cauliflower, a piece of cabbage that >needed to be used and no peas. This was nice, but all the >cole veggies gave off a di-stink-tive aroma when the jar was >opened. Didn't affect taste to me, but open that jar in the >pantry not at the party. The cauliflower stems, peeled and >sliced were nice too. > hehehe My neighbor, who won the benefit of this experiment >asked me to teach her how the pickle is made. bwhahaha. The >first ones're free, the rest cost ya! > Making asparagas pickles tomorrow as a reward for >balancing the checkbook once again. >Edrena > |
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Cauliflower Pickle Revisited *long*
dave wrote:
> Would you be kind enough to post the recipe and process from start to > finish for us newbies? Dave - I published the recipe on this group on March 25. It did not include directions for the simmering water bath, I'll look that up in another book. Best of luck and stay in touch. Let us know how your projects go - we all learn something that way. Yours in pickledom, Edrena |
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Cauliflower Pickle Revisited *long*
GOT IT!
Thanks On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 16:35:29 GMT, The Joneses > wrote: >dave wrote: > >> Would you be kind enough to post the recipe and process from start to >> finish for us newbies? > >Dave - I published the recipe on this group on March 25. It did not >include >directions for the simmering water bath, I'll look that up in another >book. >Best of luck and stay in touch. Let us know how your projects go - we >all learn something that way. >Yours in pickledom, >Edrena > > |
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Cauliflower Pickle
The Joneses wrote:
> Well I made the Mixed Winter Pickle from _Small Batch > Preserving_.... I did not have any wax beans so I used > Sugar Snap Peas. I would not advise this again. They > were certainly edible, but this recipe is canned and at my > altitude the mix had to boil for 25 minutes. The peas > were on the verge of too done. ... > The cauliflower maintained its shape, but was well cooked. > Chunks of cauliflower big or bigger than a walnut is a good > size. Smaller gets cooked too much ... Got to thinking today (don't want to do too much thinking in one day you know, wears out the little gray cells). Anyway I made the recipe for quarts of pickles. At my altitude, that is 25 min processing time. I would have been better off canning in pints and cutting 5 min off the recipe. Anything helps I guess. Edrena |
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