Product Description

Step-by-step instructions to make traditional and salt-free pickles and relishes.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #41355 in Books
• Published on: 1991
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780882667447
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
"Interesting Chinese plum sauce and rhubarb chutney will arouse the most languid of taste buds. A good selection for the harvest season."

Portland OREGONIAN

From the Back Cover
Turn bumper crops -- fruits and all kinds of vegetables -- into mouth-watering pickles and relishes as tasty as Grandmother used to make -- in much less the time, with far less salt, and with no chemical additives.

New recipes for today's cooks include:
* Freezer pickles that take less than a half hour to prepare.
* Refrigerator pickles that require no canning.
* Salt-free pickles for dieters.
* Traditional dill crock pickles, including no-fail Half-Sours.
* Variations on old favorites, such as sunshine pickles, bread and butters, pickled okra, pickled cauliflower, piccalilli, dilly beans, and chutney.
* Pickles and relishes made from apples, beans, beets, carrots, corn, cauliflower, cucumbers, Jerusalem artichokes, okra, onions, parsnips, pears, peppers, purslane, pumpkins, summer squash, red and green tomatoes, watermelon, and zucchini.

Dozens of tips guarantee crisp pickles without alum. Illustrated step-by-step pickling methods provide easy guidance for even novice picklers.

About the Author
Author Andrea Chesman says that the idea for her book, Pickles & Relishes, evolved from "The First Hinesburg Pickle Barter Party." She invited many friends to her home to taste and swap pickles and recipes, which are included in her book's collection. Additional recipes came from readers of The Troy-bilt Tiller Owner News and many are Andrea's own. Her recipes are conformed to safe canning and storing, do not require artificial ingredients, were taste tested by Andrea herself and received wholehearted approval.

Customer Reviews

I made wonderful sour fermented dills after I read this book
I found this book in the local library several years ago. I read it from cover to cover. I just had to buy it! The front part of the book covers theory in detail. I learned all about fermenting pickles (full sours and half sours, etc.) There is information on making your own sauerkraut. Most of the recipes are for non-fermented pickles. There are recipes covering a wide variety of vegetables. An excelent book for both recipes and basic information on both fermented and non fermented pickles. I have tried many of the recipes.

Safe food preservation for pickles & Relishes
This book was revised in 2001. One of the people editing this is a Master Food Preserver Instructor, therefore each and every recipe is safe to eat if you follow the directions. Good selection of recipes, including some updated safe family recipes. Detailed instructions for the beginner and reminders for the experienced food preserver. A section on what possibilities caused your end result to go wrong, another learning lesson.
I'm very happy to add this book to my library for reference and additional learning.

Preserve your bounty
I get this book out every year around August to see what I can do with my excess cucumbers, zucchini, onions, apples, etc. There is a good chapter in here on equipment you'll need, another one on how to choose the ingredients for your pickling, one on fresh-pack and brining techniques, and following that are loads of recipes for relishes, sweet and dill pickles, dilly beans, sauerkraut, etc. There are no-salt recipes as well as refrigerator and freezer pickle recipes. You can't go wrong with this book in your cookbook collection!