Valley Bounty: Pickles

Pickles

Pickles provide a refreshing counterpoint to warm winter foods, and they’re easy to make — this time of year, possible ingredients include radishes, turnips, onions, carrots or cabbage.

Quick vinegar pickles can be ready to eat in a few hours. Try them out by thinly slicing a red onion and covering with lime juice. Let them sit on your counter until dinner and serve with roasted winter squash, an omelet or a burger. Pickle ingredients and lots more are at the Northampton Farmers Market at Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School today; recipes and links to local pickle purveyors can be found on the Valley Bounty page atbuylocalfood.org.

— Margaret Christie of CISA (Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture)   –   GazetteNet.com