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Post by pepperhead212 on Aug 6, 2020 19:35:47 GMT -5
I made some pickled okra today - first time I've tried this. I found a recipe by Alton Brown that looked good, so I tried that one. www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/pickled-okra-recipe-2040456I only made 3 pints - actually, half liters, because those jars were slightly taller, so the okra fit in better. I only changed it by using 2 small crushed cloves of garlic in each jar, instead of one, one on bottom, then another on top, after packing it. I added a half tsp. of calcium chloride to one of the jars, to see if it makes any difference with these. I put about half the stems down, and half up, to pack as tight as possible, but the amount of pickling solution was still not enough (I made up 3/4 of a recipe, for the 3 jars) - I had to quickly make up some more, for the last jar. I processed them for 10 min. - the recipe doesn't call for this, but most do, and I won't be eating them quickly! A dry run on packing the okra in the half liter jars. About 7 oz per jar. by pepperhead212, on Flickr A packed jar of pickled okra, before processing. by pepperhead212, on Flickr Finished pickled okra. by pepperhead212, on Flickr Anybody else here pickle okra?
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Post by paquebot on Aug 6, 2020 21:38:34 GMT -5
Had it almost 20 years ago. Whatever recipe used a jalapeño in each jar. I actually liked it!
Question, where did you find half-liter jars with standard threads? Had to have come from Canada. Never found one around here yet That's about an ounce more than a pint. .
Martin
The truth is more important than the facts.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Aug 6, 2020 23:31:43 GMT -5
Question, where did you find half-liter jars with standard threads? Had to have come from Canada. Never found one around here yet That's about an ounce more than a pint. . Martin The truth is more important than the facts. It was probably from Italy - Bormioli Rocco is on the lids, and Quatro Itagioni on the jars. I got a box of 6 each of wide mouthed liter and regular mouthed half liter jars many years ago, fairly cheap, from a local kitchen supply store (long since closed). I wish I had gotten more! The slightly larger size is good, for certain things.
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Post by paquebot on Aug 7, 2020 8:28:50 GMT -5
The extra is why I have long liked the 2# Queenline honey jars. They hold 1½ pints. However, they are 63mm and #63 flat are no longer being made. I stocked up when Gardeners Kitchen was going out of business so still have enough for some time. One can get 1½-pint jars with standard CT-86 opening. Usually touted as freezer jars but not often seen in stores. I have about a half-dozen of them.
Martin
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Post by pepperhead212 on Aug 7, 2020 11:52:26 GMT -5
That was another size jar I emptied a half dozen of recently - the 1 1/2 pint ones. I used two of them in the last batch of pickled cucumber spears I made. I don't even know where I got them - probably from others, when I got gifts.
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