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Title: Pickling Onions and other vegetables
Post by: mr.mojorisin on October 16, 2014, 05:50 PM: Just started to pickle some onions.

bought some pickling onions along with Sarsons pre-spiced vinegar.

Topped and tailed onions, skinned them then soaked in brine for 24 hours, washed them clean then added to the jar with vinegar.

gotta wait 6 weeks for the end result though.

Anyone else here do pickling? Looking for some helpful tips.

cheers
Title: Re: Pickling Onions and other vegetables
Post by: noble ox on October 16, 2014, 06:56 PM: Hi :)
Been pickling for years all home grown
I buy vinegar from Asian shops much cheaper than supermarkets 5l containers No need to buy pickling vinegar
Try a few red chillis in the jar or any other whole spices then you will have your very own designer onions
Title: Re: Pickling Onions and other vegetables
Post by: Madrasandy on October 16, 2014, 07:00 PM: I have pickled onions before, found it a ball ache peeling them etc.
My favourite is pickled red cabbage, shred, layer of cabbage then salt, layer of cabbage then salt etc, leave 24 hours then wash and pat dry, place in jars and add your pickling vinegar of choice!
Title: Re: Pickling Onions and other vegetables
Post by: noble ox on October 16, 2014, 07:19 PM: MA
If peeling small onions is so spherically painful ;D why not use large onions then cut into rings then pickle using your pickling method
Title: Re: Pickling Onions and other vegetables
Post by: Madrasandy on October 16, 2014, 07:34 PM: Quote from: noble ox on October 16, 2014, 07:19 PM
MA
If peeling small onions is so spherically painful ;D why not use large onions then cut into rings then pickle using your pickling method

..because I have an easy method, a neighbour who makes pickled onions then gives them to me ! simple ;)
Title: Re: Pickling Onions and other vegetables
Post by: noble ox on October 16, 2014, 07:43 PM: Ah
Back to the take- away ;D
Title: Re: Pickling Onions and other vegetables
Post by: Madrasandy on October 16, 2014, 07:53 PM: Indeed so ;)
Title: Re: Pickling Onions and other vegetables
Post by: mr.mojorisin on October 26, 2014, 03:53 PM: pickles on the go as we speak

on the left - normal pickles using pre-spiced vinegar

on the right - a hot n spicy version

hot n spicy - added coriander seeds, whole dried birds eye chillis, dried Kashmiri chillis, home grown cayenne and home grown Hungarian wax chillis.

the smell from the spicy version is amazing :)

(http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/pics/60b1294cea91c99dcef54857d1562024.JPG) (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/#60b1294cea91c99dcef54857d1562024.JPG)

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Title: Re: Pickling Onions and other vegetables
Post by: Madrasandy on October 26, 2014, 03:57 PM: Did you heat the vinegar and the spices together first or just add the spices to the jar?
Title: Re: Pickling Onions and other vegetables
Post by: mr.mojorisin on October 26, 2014, 04:09 PM: MA, just added to the jar. soaked onions in brine for 24 hours first then washed clean

Sarsons pre-spiced vinegar. according to the blurb, no need to heat vinegar or spices. simples.
Title: Re: Pickling Onions and other vegetables
Post by: Madrasandy on October 26, 2014, 05:56 PM: I do love a spicy pickled onion mr.m, and they do look very tasty . Maybe I will do my own this year after all, may even use a reaper or moruga ;)