By: Dan Zahra, for the Auburn Journal With the bounty of produce available this time of year, the pickle producing possibilities are endless. Pickling is a positive way to spend some quality time with family. Everyone creating their own jar of pretty pickled produce concoctions. Pickled asparagus to zucchini and everything in between can be […]
By Gillian O’Callaghan – Boston Globe SALEM — Maitland Mountain Farm, this city’s only urban farm, is a bit of a conundrum. How can there be a farm and a mountain in this seaside city with almost 5,000 residents per square mile? Carved out of a residential neighborhood, the farm is perched on […]
Catherine Smart – Boston Globe Makes 1 quart These fresh, snappy dill pickles take minutes and will keep for a month in the fridge, no canning required. Store in a clean quart-size jar. 2 medium thick-skinned cucumbers (about 1½ pounds), halved cross-wise and cut into 2-inch spears 1 small bunch fresh dill 1 […]
By Victoria Guerra – In the oddest Mac and Cheese news in recent times, Luke Gatti, from the University of Connecticut, became infamous earlier this week when a video of him in the school’s dining hall went viral, as the student demanded in expletive-filled words to be served a plate of bacon and jalapeno Mac and […]
BY ANDREA WEIGL – Charlotte Observer aweigl@newsobserver.com State fair food vendors are always in search of the next big deep-fried thing. They hope to create a deep-fried delicacy that will join the ranks of the N.C. State Fair’s greatest hits: deep-fried candy Snickers, deep-fried HoHos and the Krispy Kreme cheeseburger. Several vendors will share samples […]
by HEATHER YAMADA-HOSLEY – Lifehacker Australia When you’re craving pickles, nothing else will do. Quick pickles can satisfy your cravings in a few minutes, but often lack the flavour of their cooked-and-cooled cousins. If you smash those cucumbers before pickling, you can get the best of both worlds. A classic Chinese side dish, smashed cucumber pickles absorb […]
APOORVA SRIPATHI – The Hindu Pickles are one of the greatest comforts of life. We’ve all grown up amidst bottles and bottles of homemade and store-bought ones; some of us with more enterprising mothers would’ve eagerly awaited summer to watch mangoes being cut lovingly, slathered in masala and oil, and being bottled for days […]
There’s a new summer collegiate wood-bat baseball league starting with six teams in Oregon and California. One team out of Portland, Oregon is the Portland Pickles! The Portland Pickles released their team colors earlier this week which include green (of course), gray and navy. Their mascot will be Dillon which they tout as the ‘greatest […]
By Tammy Kimbler – Mother Earth News Giardiniera Pickles Giardiniera comes from the word giardino, or garden in Italian, and is literally a garden pickle. The vegetable combination is very flexible, but the flavor profile usually includes at least hot and sweet peppers. This pickle is meant to be made from what you have on […]
By West Country Life As we are in October, it is clear-out time, especially in the gardens and allotments, and time to do something with those tomatoes which have failed to ripen, as well as use up windfall fruit and perhaps the last of those runner beans which are not really now at their best. […]