Comments on: pickled sugar snap peas

By: amanda

amanda — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:20:17 +0000

I did these, too, the day before our 4th of July BBQ and they were sugar-snapped up! I’ve been getting these peas in our grocery delivery and I’m not a huge fan of them so the pickling was a great idea to try. I’m going to pickle some more tonight!

By: Robin Landau

Robin Landau — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:37:12 +0000

Those sound great, I didn’t realize it was that easy to pickle. I also like the watermelon lemonade. Laurent and I are in France. It is really funny to see your website pop-up with French ads. I just made some fresh pesto so the potato bean and pesto sounds amazing too. I should look here more often for suggestions because I am always up for new ideas.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:37:11 +0000

These were excellent! Since there was more of the brine than I needed for the snap peas I tried pickling anything else I had in the house. Sliced radishes were delicious (my husband requested I make more of them since he adores radishes and there are not too many things we can think of to do with them). I also sliced carrots into thin diagonals and pickled those too, but did not par boil and used the cool brine so they did not take on as much flavor (maybe if I leave them longer?) I would like to try pickling cauliflower and eggplant (or anything else I can think of) but wonder how you would go about preparing them them? Any advice? (BTW- I just made the grapes yesterday and they taste amazing- am looking forward to using them at my barbeque this weekend!)

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:37:51 +0000

I’m definitely going to try these out this weekend now that the sugar snaps are out. If you haven’t, check out Eugenia Bone’s new book on pickling – Well-Preserved. http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl/9780307405241.html Nice pickle recipes and how to use what you pickle in recipes.

By: Mary Coleman

Mary Coleman — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:10:55 +0000

As Austin Powers would say,
“Yea baby yea!”
This sounds divine! can’t wait to do this!!!

By: Janice

Janice — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:32:06 +0000

These are ridiculously good. I’m crunching a few every day now. Thanks again, Deb!

By: Frances

Frances — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:02:34 +0000

I’m a pickling nut! Will have to give these a try as they sound delicious! Thanks for the recipe and will also have to get a copy of the Joy of Pickling. As noted above, I’ve never seen this particular cookbook and simply MUST have it!!

By: Lenore

Lenore — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:10:18 +0000

I know this will show my lack of class and taste, but I have trouble getting myself down to the Saturday morning farmer’s market in time to get the good stuff, so I tend to rely on those giant bags of sugar snap peas–but rarely finish them before they start to wither. This looks like a great way to keep enjoying them to the end! (and I may finally try the pickled red onion while I’m at it)

By: meg

meg — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:31:25 +0000

I have made the pickled grapes and red onion, and may I say, YUM. The sugar snaps look like a winner too, I was thinking I may try using asparagus spears!

Great projects for the rainy days in the Northeast!

By: Chiot\\\'s Run

Chiot\\\'s Run — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:04:20 +0000

What a great idea! I just wrote about my Oregon Sugar Pod harvest today. We’ve been enjoying them lightly steamed with olive oil, pepper, and salt, but I think pickling may be in order with my next harvest. MMMM. You sure can’t beat this time of year for the fresh exciting veggies at the market. I managed to score some beets that will keep me until mine are ready to harvest, I plan on pickling them, perhaps with the old fashioned lacto-fermented method. Should be interesting!