Pickles in brine

corinasue1143
corinasue1143 Posts: 7,464 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I have been making fresh cucumber salad. I pour a high calorie sweet brine over the cucumber, but then discard most of it after taking the cucumbers out. How can I account for a fairly accurate amount eaten?

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  • SuzySunshine99
    SuzySunshine99 Posts: 2,989 Member
    Can you measure the amount of liquid before and after the brining process, and then calculate the difference?
  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,464 Member
    edited September 2022
    @SuzySunshine99
    Yes, I’ll try that. I guess wait until I eat all of it and then go back and correct the past days postings?
    Or maybe just do it now for one batch and use that calculation each time, since the recipe stays the same. It should be close.
    Thanks!
  • paints5555
    paints5555 Posts: 1,233 Member
    SuzySunshine99 wrote: »
    Can you measure the amount of liquid before and after the brining process, and then calculate the difference?

    It probably won't be as easy as this. If the sweet brine contains sugar or vinegar, it is highly likely that the cucumbers will lose water as well. When I put balsamic vinegar over cucumbers, the total amount of liquid that comes off after sitting in the fridge for a day is way more than what I put on them in the first place.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,426 Member
    edited September 2022
    paints5555 wrote: »
    SuzySunshine99 wrote: »
    Can you measure the amount of liquid before and after the brining process, and then calculate the difference?

    It probably won't be as easy as this. If the sweet brine contains sugar or vinegar, it is highly likely that the cucumbers will lose water as well. When I put balsamic vinegar over cucumbers, the total amount of liquid that comes off after sitting in the fridge for a day is way more than what I put on them in the first place.

    yeah, the salt will cause moisture migration.

    I would just use a commercial calorie/nutrition calculation off some sweet pickles in the grocery. The calories are so low anyway...I mean, the biggest numbers will be sodium/salt.
  • westrich20940
    westrich20940 Posts: 921 Member
    I agree that the best option is to try to pick a commercial brand of pickles that is similar to yours. The water volume/weight isn't going to help as the cucumbers will add liquid too.

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