Last week, I attended a hands-on pickling class with pickle master, Rick of Rick's Picks and quickly realized preserving food by pickling doesn't only apply to cucumbers. Pickling is a good skill to have to reduce waste AND make the riches of seasonal foods last!
A Pickle For Every Season
Pre-class, I was apprehensive to begin experimenting with this preservation technique because of my limited understanding of pickling's basic principles, from sanitizing the jar to processing. Rightfully so - pickling isn't something to do willy-nilly. But once you understand the essentials from start to finish, it's a cinch!
The basics of pickling are super versatile, making it easy to apply the same principles to your favorite in-season produce all year! And that is just what we did in class. Since beets are in season here in the Northeast, they served as our focus. I'd never tasted them before, but they were absolutely delicious. Now I have the know-how to pickle anything, any season.
