{"id":1391,"date":"2011-06-24T03:00:12","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T07:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=1391"},"modified":"2011-06-24T03:00:12","modified_gmt":"2011-06-24T07:00:12","slug":"q-and-a-pickle-brine-in-stainless-steel-and-sourdough-starter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2011\/06\/24\/q-and-a-pickle-brine-in-stainless-steel-and-sourdough-starter\/","title":{"rendered":"Q and A: Pickle brine in stainless steel and Sourdough starter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pickle brine in stainless steel <\/strong><\/p>\n

I was making cucumber pickles and radish pickles. Made up a triple recipe for brine, processed the first batch, then I had to interrupt the whole thing to take care of a kid (goat) with health issues. By the time that was finished, it was late, and I decided to wait until morning to put up the rest of the jars. <\/em><\/p>\n

Well, next morning, I realized my mistake — all that vinegar brine sitting in my new stainless steel stockpot all night! Of course, the stockpot (an expensive one, too) was grossly discolored, but I went ahead and processed the rest of the pickles. The brine was greenish tinted, but I assumed it was from the heads of dill I left in the brine. <\/em><\/p>\n

Later, I noticed that dried spills and splashes on the counter had a faint greenish-blackish edge to them. The pickles look okay, but I haven’t opened or tried them… I’m wondering if the greenish color was not from the dill as I assumed (this is the first time I put the dill in the brine instead of in each jar), but from the steel? If it is, is this residue or whatever it is, unsafe?<\/em><\/p>\n

Lynn of Moss Hollowe<\/em>
\nThe Dark Corner, South Carolina<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s never a good idea to make up a double or triple batch of pickling solution. One reason is the one you found out. To tell the truth, I don’t know if it’s unsafe, but the flavor will probably be affected. The greenish color is from the discoloration from the reaction between the steel and vinegar, not the dill. I hate to waste, but I’d dump the pickles, if it were me, and re-can some fresh ones. — Jackie<\/p>\n

Sourdough starter<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was so good to meet you all at the MREA Renewable Fair this weekend. I love your new cookbook. As we discussed, here is a reminder of the page 127 liquid omission in Grandma Eddy’s sourdough starter. Thanks for the great recipes and information.<\/em><\/p>\n

Marc T. Preradovich<\/em>
\nOshkosh, Wisconsin<\/em><\/p>\n

I double checked Grandma’s recipe and there are 2 cups of 110 degree (very warm) water in the starter recipe #1. I’m so sorry for this omission in the new book! We were happy to meet you, too! — Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pickle brine in stainless steel I was making cucumber pickles and radish pickles. Made up a triple recipe for brine, processed the first batch, then I had to interrupt the whole thing to take care of a kid (goat) with health issues. By the time that was finished, it was late, and I decided to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,8,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}