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Default Reusing pickle "juice".


"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Mon 04 Aug 2008 06:13:52p, Marie Dodge told us...
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>> Hi fellow cook-heads. I can pickles and I'm finding I'm throwing
>> away a 1/2 pt of delicious Bread and Butter "pickle
>> juice" every time we finish a jar. This is a vinegar/sugar based juice
>> as you know. I find this very wasteful. Can it be reused to make more
>> pickles? We don't eat salads including potato salad due to being on a
>> low-carb diet so it's either reboil it and make more B&B pickles
>> or........ ???
>>
>> The sugar in the "juice" is a rare treat for us but more carbs are out.
>> No one here eats regular salads either. They end up on the compost heap.
>>
>> Thoughts and ideas please.

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> Use it to marinate freshly sliced cucumbers and onions.
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> Fill the jar with canned or freshly cooked beets, boil the juice and pour
> it over the beets. Refrigerate for several days before eating.


Now there's a good idea. Thanks.

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