Making your own pickles - Page 4

My dad does Nukazuke pickling, which involves burying vegetables in rice bran, stirring them once a day, and then eventually washing them off. Results are great. He gets his bran stock from Japan, and it is very mild smelling, not stinky or anything. Not sure if it's a specific brand or what. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nukazuke Here's an interesting "how to" on the process: http://kyotofoodie.com/how-to-make-nukazuke-nukadoko/

Depends on the color and taste you want. Achiote would work. Turmeric would work. The other suggestions would work.

lol what would a vlasic pickle count as?

I shed a tear when guss' garlic pickles closed. The full sour was to die for. But we still have the pickle guys.

lots of pickled dill and one cucumber?

I still owe you that recipe. Will be reading "the book" soon, as I need to pick out a sausage recipe for next weekend, and will poast recipe.

I found the same with his recipe.

looking back on it was sel marin, I just use whatever salt i have on hand at the time. If I had 5500 sq ft of living space I could stock more than two salts.

I just realized I've never made kimchi before, though I've lived here for like 10 years basically, and been presented with the opportunity to, many times. I like kimchi if the final taste doesn't get the strong fishy aftertaste, and I'm sure that's a byproduct of which fish sauce is used for fermentation, but I can't eat aobut 80-90% of standard kimchi because the raw squid sauce they normally use, I can't stand. I have the feeling it's the shrimp-based stuff that i prefer more.

I need to do some reading again. I made a batch of pickled veggies from his book and they were great. Did you get everything 100% submerged, no air bubbles, and at the proper temp? Edit: okay, I used the "natural pickle" from page 69 and did not use his Pickling Spice. I did use a bunch of fresh herbs and aromatics though. No allspice, cloves, or ginger. Do use garlic, peppercorns, fresh herbs, mace, coriander seeds and a few other things. I found mushrooms did not come out with a good texture. Sliced onion, bell peppers, and garlic cloves rocked.