If I pickle veggies in vinegar....

[beavis]

Then I don't have to pressure cook them?

I like the taste of pickled beets, beans, and especially peppers.

According to this source and one other, if I pickle vegetable that are not low-acid, and use vinegar for the brine they are safe to process in a water bath canner.

IS this true?

Anyone canned pickled veggies before?

here is the link to the pickling page: Its a good one!

http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/pdf/pnw/pnw355.pdf

 

[journey11]

Yep, pretty much. You've got to follow the recipe closely though. Ball Blue Book has most everything in there and occasionally when I can't get their word on it, I go online for advice. I was really surprised that they didn't have a recipe for Hot Pepper Mustard (Butter), for example. Any advise you get from the ag extension agency will be good advise too.

Pickled beets.... We could eat them by the gallon around here. I'll be making a batch here in the next couple days. I always save the purple juice off of them to then pickle eggs (in the refridgerator). I can't stand pickled eggs, but my husband loves them.

 

[beavis]

Thanks for the info...

Yeah, it looks like you have to watch the vinegar levels aren't diluted and to use 5% vinegar.

 

[hoodat]

Waterbathing is fine with anything pickled in vinegar. Brine pickles can even be left in the crock.

 

[patandchickens]

Then I don't have to pressure cook them?

Correct, just use a tested-and-known-definitely-safe recipe and don't freelance with vinegar strength or amount. (It is ok to modify spices, am't sugar, and vegetable species -- by the latter, I mean it is ok to replace 1 veg with any other veg cut to the same size/shape).

Good luck, have fun,

Pat

 

[hoodat]

Every year I take a couple of gallon glass pickle jars and fill them with raw veggies. Caiflower florets, small onions, garlic, carrots etc. Whatever I have that can be eaten raw. I toss in a couple of hot peppers and some salt, then bring a pot of vinegar to a boil and pour it over them. No waterbath or other means of sealing. I just put them in a cool dark place long enough to balance up the tastes and get the vinegar soaked in. They can be used for a side dish, salads or whatever. They're a big hit with beer when the sports fans gather aound the TV for football. I have yet to have a jar go bad and I've kept some of them for several years. When they get empty save the vinegar and use them for pickled boiled eggs.

 

[wifezilla]

Same with refrigerator pickles. I imagine eventually they would go bad, but they never last long enough for me to test that hypothesis

I will have to try your blend hoodat. Sounds like something my husband would love.

 

[beavis]

They're a big hit with beer when the sports fans gather aound the TV for football.

I guess that means Charger game watching at hoodats house!