"barbie gee" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 5 Jul 2013, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> "Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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>>> On Fri, 5 Jul 2013 00:42:06 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
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>>>>>>> On Thu, 4 Jul 2013 18:56:36 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>>>>>> > wrote:
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>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 4 Jul 2013 03:55:01 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>>>>>>>> > wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>> I know this has been discussed before and Wayne Boatwright gave
>>>>>>>>>> me a
>>>>>>>>>> recipe
>>>>>>>>>> for these. It's probably somewhere on my computer. But I ran
>>>>>>>>>> across
>>>>>>>>>> another recipe that called for pickling spice which apparently I
>>>>>>>>>> can't
>>>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>>> because it contains cloves and allspice. So I found a different
>>>>>>>>>> recipe
>>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>> doesn't.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> http://www.organicauthority.com/eco-...e-recipes.html
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> This looks good to me but do you think these would have enough
>>>>>>>>>> flavor?
>>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>> have been looking and most seem to call for the pickling spice.
>>>>>>>>>> Also
>>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>> lot
>>>>>>>>>> of the recipes also called for vinegar and I thought that wasn't
>>>>>>>>>> supposed
>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>> be in these.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Also... For those who have tried Bubbies pickles, what would you
>>>>>>>>>> call
>>>>>>>>>> them?
>>>>>>>>>> They are a fermented pickle with no vinegar. But what is the
>>>>>>>>>> difference
>>>>>>>>>> between those and half sours? Thanks!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Here's how I make pickles. Don't know if it contains anything you
>>>>>>>>> can't have but, here it is.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> These pickles are fermented, not pickled. You can use any spices
>>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>>> like.
>>>>>>>>> http://www.kokoscornerblog.com/mycor.../my-entry.html
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I can have all of those things. But where do you get a container
>>>>>>>> like
>>>>>>>> that?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I got a couple of them, different sizes, at a yard sale, I love
>>>>>>> them.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here's just one of many available.
>>>>>>> http://www.culinarydistrict.com/18sfsp148.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If your planning on buying them. Culinary district above list 13.22
>>>>> compared to Webstaurantstore.com at 7.79. Buy in lots of 6 and their
>>>>> 7.16.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.webstaurantstore.com/18-q...407S018PP.html
>>>>
>>>> For sure would not need that many and probably nothing that big! But
>>>> thanks! Will look next time I go to Smart and Final/Cash and Carry.
>>>
>>> I have a large collection of wide mouthed one gallon glass pickle jars
>>> I use for all sorts of things... one gallon holds 5 lbs of rice.
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>> I don't buy too many things in that large of an amount. I did buy that
>> brown basmati rice. It expires in Aug. and it will be cutting it close
>> to
>> get it all used up by then.
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> For a dried product like rice, the "expiration" date isn't like
> Cinderella's midnight deadline, when her carriage turned back into a
> pumpkin and her ball gown back into rags!
>
> I'm sure as long as it's stored properly, it probably won't turn bad on
> the expiration date. With Brown rices the trick is to assure the natural
> oil in them doesn't turn rancid, is all.

Yes. I know that.