The Joy of Pickles

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  • MaggieLoo79
    MaggieLoo79 Posts: 288 Member
    Dill pickles are awesome. I have one or two as snack in the afternoon when I get hungry. They have ZERO calories. they're high in sodium but I don't eat much sodium throughout the day so it's harmless.

    I highly recommend them to keep your calorie count down.

    I think we're related! :happy:
  • faefaith
    faefaith Posts: 433 Member
    I adore dill pickles!!!!
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
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  • Derpes
    Derpes Posts: 2,033 Member
    Don't squeeze the pickle too hard.
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    I have the book, Joy of Pickles. Lots of awesome recipes! Try making saurkraut. I really like lacto-fermented cucumbers, peppers and kimchi. You can ferment any veggie with a quart mason jar and some salt. No need for fancy gadgets like air locks.
    Now you got me thinking, think I'm going to pickle some of my squash glut!
    I also do vinegar pickles. Have a big batch of pickling yellow Hungarian Wax peppers sitting in the fridge in a gallon jar. Okra is my favorite savory pickle. Armenian cucucumbers come in a close second. I also love dilly beans.
    Sweet watermelon rind pickles are my favorite sweet pickles. I make them with a bread and butter recipe for cucumbers so they have less sugar.

    I have that book too. It's by Sadie Allison. Oh wait, that's a different book, think.
  • lessofless
    lessofless Posts: 40 Member
    Well, now I am just gonna have to buy some pickles when I go grocery shopping today.
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
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  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    Presidents choice bread and butter pickles are crispy like a chip...

    yesss they are so good
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,191 Member
    I love, love, love dill pickles, I eat them whole straight out of the jar. They are my go to low cal snack and also what I eat when I have sugar cravings because the polar opposite sour taste kills my sweet cravings. I drink the juice when I have a hangover LOL
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    I'm always mad because my pickles have calories and everyone else's pickles don't. I try to not let the bitterness keep me from eating my pickles, but it is difficult.
  • Gingergal12
    Gingergal12 Posts: 64 Member
    Love them too! :love:
  • tracydr
    tracydr Posts: 528 Member
    There's a reason I grow three varieties of cucumbers... pickles, pickles, pickles!
    Have you tried Armenian cucumbers? They produce in heat and never get seedy or bitter. The skin is always tender. I've had some over 10 pounds! They produce like zuchinni!
    I've lacto-fermented them and also like to do a really quick pickle with onions, rice vinegar, cumbersome and sometimes tomatoes.
    Yummy! My cucumbers are just starting to set fruit. I may need to make zucchini pickles, too.
  • trillywilly1
    trillywilly1 Posts: 1 Member
    Del-Dixie.. The throwback pickle :)
  • lazydayrose
    lazydayrose Posts: 1
    I have found a few sweet pickles, a couple of crackers with some goat cheese works for tiding me over.
  • SnuggleSmacks
    SnuggleSmacks Posts: 3,731 Member
    Dill pickles are awesome. I have one or two as snack in the afternoon when I get hungry. They have ZERO calories. they're high in sodium but I don't eat much sodium throughout the day so it's harmless.

    I highly recommend them to keep your calorie count down.

    I heard that the brine also cleanses the blood. You could totally do a pickle cleanse and eat whatever you want with the pickles and you WILL NEVER GAIN WEIGHT!

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  • Erica0718
    Erica0718 Posts: 469 Member
    I'm always mad because my pickles have calories and everyone else's pickles don't. I try to not let the bitterness keep me from eating my pickles, but it is difficult.

    me too!
  • justcat206
    justcat206 Posts: 716 Member
    Anyone know of a brand that doesn't use corn-syrup? I can't have corn in any form and I miss pickles so much! (but not enough to, you know, make my own as of yet).
  • Ang108
    Ang108 Posts: 1,711 Member
    What I want to know is why olives have so many calories when pickles don't. Love them both, but miss the odd olive binge sometimes when I'm chowing down on pickles.

    Just so you know, though: They do have calories. Just not as many as olives. FDA rules that things with less than 5 calories (I think?) can be reported as calorie free.

    Olives are high in fat, Good fat thats why the calories are high. I like both olives and pickles and I love salt like a fat kid loves cake.


    Your logic is a bit off. Olives are not high in calories because the fat is " good ". All fat, no matter if it is pork lard or olive oil has 9 calories a gram .
  • NahrasWay
    NahrasWay Posts: 78 Member
    Mmm pickles. I sometimes get those BIG jars of pickles, Mt. Olive I think, then use that said jar and some of the pickle juice for Pickled eggs or for marinating meat (I hear it's the secret to making an at home version of chicken nuggets that taste like ones from chick-fil-a)
  • Erin_goBrahScience
    Erin_goBrahScience Posts: 1,215 Member
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  • AsaThorsWoman
    AsaThorsWoman Posts: 2,303 Member
    But they're loaded with carbs. :-(
  • SnuggleSmacks
    SnuggleSmacks Posts: 3,731 Member
    Why limit yourselves to cucumbers? PICKLE ALL THE THINGS!! Wickles okra is awesome, and pickled asparagus is the bomb! Pickled garlic? MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!
  • WalkingAlong
    WalkingAlong Posts: 4,926 Member
    What I want to know is why olives have so many calories when pickles don't. Love them both, but miss the odd olive binge sometimes when I'm chowing down on pickles.

    Just so you know, though: They do have calories. Just not as many as olives. FDA rules that things with less than 5 calories (I think?) can be reported as calorie free.

    Olives are high in fat, Good fat thats why the calories are high. I like both olives and pickles and I love salt like a fat kid loves cake.


    Your logic is a bit off. Olives are not high in calories because the fat is " good ". All fat, no matter if it is pork lard or olive oil has 9 calories a gram .

    I read that with different punctuation: "Olives are high in fat, good fat. That's why the calories are high." As in, "The calories are high because they're high in fat." Makes more sense that way.
  • nesto610
    nesto610 Posts: 107
    Love Claussen pickles!!!!
  • Bukawww
    Bukawww Posts: 159 Member
    But they're loaded with carbs. :-(

    I'm not sure 'LOADED' is the right word...they have some, yes, but not many.

    YUM.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,191 Member
    But they're loaded with carbs. :-(

    I'm not sure 'LOADED' is the right word...they have some, yes, but not many.

    YUM.

    My pickles have stuff all carbs? Are you talking about the ones with sugar in? Because the dills I get don't have any sugar...

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