Preserving and Pickling

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Preserving and Pickling

A crash course on how to preserve and pickle everything from fruits and vegetables to your favorite meats ...

They're delicious ways to extended the life of many fruits, vegetables and meats: pickling and preserving. There's both a science and an art to creating, jarring and storing pickles, jams, preserves and chutneys. Kojo explores the craft with people who have a passion for pickling and preserving.

Guests

Ed Bruske

Co-Founder, DC Urban Gardeners; Certified Master Gardener; Blogger, The Slow Cook

Logan Cox

Executive Chef, Ripple (Washington, D.C.)

Nicole Donnelly

Master Preserver; Author, "Gin and Pickles"

Related Links

Gin and Pickles
The Slow Cook
Ripple

Slow Cook Ed Bruske's Pickling and Preserving Recipes

  1. Eggplant Packed in Olive Oil With Garlic, Basil, and Red Pepper Flakes
    (An all-time favorite on Ed's blog, and one that he thinks highlights a great way to create wonderful flavors through preservation).

  2. Spicy Pickled Okra
    Okra is well-suited to the heat and humidity in D.C. This recipe shows how pickling often is an improvisation, using what the garden offers you in the way of ingredients.

  3. What to do with green tomatoes?

  4. Homemade Sauerkraut and Choucroute Garnie

  5. Dark Days: Making Sauerruben

  6. Homemade St. Patty’s Day Corned Beef

  7. Bread & Butter Pickles

  8. Kids Pickle Watermelon Rind

Comments

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Cara Unterkofler wrote:

I thoroughly enjoyed this segment (as well as the pickles I was inspired to eat during the conversation)! Thank you. I've always been attracted to food preservation, but never knew where to start. Thanks to checking out your guests' blogs I now have some books in my Amazon cart and am re-inspired to give this a try. I have one follow up question - a caller said that she was with a new DC start up company, "The Gorgeous Pickle"--did I hear that right? I would be interested in learning more about the company, but can't find them online. If anyone caught the company name I'd love to know. Thank you, again.

Wed, 12/14/2011 - 3:21pm
Sarah Gordon wrote:

A great segment indeed! The new DC pickling start-up is Gordy's Pickle Jar, we're a small batch artisanal pickling co. Check out our website at www.gordyspicklejar.com. Thanks Cara, feel free to contact me directly at sarah@gordyspicklejar.com. Thanks again for a neat segment Kojo!!

Wed, 12/14/2011 - 3:47pm
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