Make your own pickles?

T.G · 11-02-2012, 05:36 PM

Vinegar brine & spices you can reuse a few times, I'll reuse until it clouds - about 3 runs, could probably go more cycles though. I add a splash of fresh vinegar and a bit more salt each time and make sure you bring to a boil to sterilize the brine before reuse.

For fermented pickles, so long as there isn't some undesirable bacteria in there, you would only need about a cup or two of the lactobacillus brine as a starter to prime the new batch. I once tried a 60%+ reuse, the bacteria I wanted ended up dying off too soon and the result tasted really "off". Wasn't harmful or anything, just tasted really funky.

11-02-2012, 05:36 PM	#31
T.G Grrrrrr Join Date: Mar 2009 First Name: The Other Adam Posts: 15,568 Trading: (37)	Re: Make your own pickles? Vinegar brine & spices you can reuse a few times, I'll reuse until it clouds - about 3 runs, could probably go more cycles though. I add a splash of fresh vinegar and a bit more salt each time and make sure you bring to a boil to sterilize the brine before reuse. For fermented pickles, so long as there isn't some undesirable bacteria in there, you would only need about a cup or two of the lactobacillus brine as a starter to prime the new batch. I once tried a 60%+ reuse, the bacteria I wanted ended up dying off too soon and the result tasted really "off". Wasn't harmful or anything, just tasted really funky.