Twice before I’ve attempted to make pickles and each time I’ve failed. Well, the third time is a charm. Here is the idiot proof method for making pickles.
- Buy a jar of pickles.
- Eat all the pickles in the jar, but save the pickle juice.
- Put pickling cucumbers into jar of pickle juice.
- Put jar into refrigerator and pull out 15 days later.
- Done. You now have pickles.
Next up: pickled carrots and asparagus.
I believe your method is cheating.
Maybe I should rename the post to “Pickle Poser”.
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