8th Annual International Pickle Day will be celebrated the weekend in NYC. Sadly, Kansas City is on the outskirts of the pickling world, but with a little knowledge and some instruction one can still try delicious pickled fruits and vegetables. I featured some recipes on this blog and in honor of upcoming holiday I am posting these links.
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Half-sour Pickles – cucumbers are out of season now but there is always the next year. Local Russian stores sell very good quality pickles, ask for them at the counter. Stuff in the jars doesn’t taste the same.
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Pickled Tomatoes – tomatoes can be pickled any time you can find them on sale. In the Russian store you can find several different kinds at the counter (you may have to ask);canned pickled tomatoes taste different but still very good. They are usually on the shelf in the back of the store.
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Pickled Jalapenos may not be a part of Russian Cuisine but they are pickled and they taste good and hot. They are just too easy to make at home to even bother trying to find them elsewhere.
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Russian Stores are European Delights and Taste Of Russia
KC is a great place for pickling! I’ve got a pantry full of pickled cukes of all varieties. Sweet, Bread and Butter, Dill, spicy Dill…some crunchy( limed recipes), some soft. I’ve got freezer pickles as well!
Is this an invitation, Sir?
Sure…the next meet-up, I’ll bring an assortment!
besides alcohol, vinegar was the best thing to happen to mankind.
i love pickles.
miss the suikimono of japan. all (vegetarian) food should be pickled.
I don’t like vinegar in pickles.