Capturing garden vegetables at their best for year-round enjoyment. Pickling is one of the oldest & most inexpensive methods of preserving foods. Families would gather over mounds of vegetables & huge steaming pots producing savory & delicious pickles & chutneys. Home pickling is now enjoying a resurgence as the cost of food & the desire to know where & how foods are prepared increases. These wonderfully inventive recipes feature modern methods & equipment in accordance with the latest food-safety standards. The book also
Includes:: classic & unusual international ingredients. Newcomers to the art will find step-by-step techniques & details of specific equipment needs. Enjoy wonderful foods year round with recipes such as: Kosher dill pickles Aunt Thelmas bread & butter pickles Pretty beet & radish pickles Gingery cantaloupe pickles White balsamic & pepper pickled strawberries Clementine pear chutney Pineapple lime tomato salsa Smoky three-pepper cucumber relish. The author specifies manageable sizes for average households & there are serving suggestions & quick recipes for dishes that use the preserves for top flavors.