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foxyforce
foxyforce Posts: 3,078 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
so good. why are they so high in sodium, is it the dill? anyway, i love pickles!

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  • Iceprincessk25
    Iceprincessk25 Posts: 1,888 Member
    Do you know how pickles are made?? They're pickled. That means they are put in a brine (salt water) to preseve them. That's why they are so salty.

    We have our hockey players drink pickle juice when they are severely dehydrated because it gives them a TON of salt that they need.
  • JoyousMaximus
    JoyousMaximus Posts: 9,285 Member
    I think it is part of the pickling process. Generally, to pickle, you pour a boiling brine into the jar with whatever you are pickling. The definition of a brine is water heavily saturated with salt. So there you go.
  • AwMyLoLo
    AwMyLoLo Posts: 1,571 Member
    mmmmm I love :love: pickles too but have stayed away bc of the sodium. I used to eat Saurkraut a lot too but don't now for the same reason. :grumble:
  • foxyforce
    foxyforce Posts: 3,078 Member
    Do you know how pickles are made?? They're pickled. That means they are put in a brine (salt water) to preseve them. That's why they are so salty.

    We have our hockey players drink pickle juice when they are severely dehydrated because it gives them a TON of salt that they need.

    i didn't know what was involved in pickling, i thought it was like...vinegar! :tongue:
  • TCASMEY
    TCASMEY Posts: 1,405 Member
    If you are not worried about the sodium pickles are a great low-cal snack. For me its the clausen Baby Dills. When I am craving salty and crunchy instead chips I eat a few pickles. Just remember to drink lots of water to help flush the sodium.
  • Iceprincessk25
    Iceprincessk25 Posts: 1,888 Member
    If you are not worried about the sodium pickles are a great low-cal snack. For me its the clausen Baby Dills. When I am craving salty and crunchy instead chips I eat a few pickles. Just remember to drink lots of water to help flush the sodium.

    Yup! I do the same thing.
  • foxyforce
    foxyforce Posts: 3,078 Member
    If you are not worried about the sodium pickles are a great low-cal snack. For me its the clausen Baby Dills. When I am craving salty and crunchy instead chips I eat a few pickles. Just remember to drink lots of water to help flush the sodium.

    how much sodium does water flush exactly. i drink a lot of water, but i am not sure the effects on my sodium intake.
  • Iceprincessk25
    Iceprincessk25 Posts: 1,888 Member
    Infact.....I think I'm gonna have some right now! :)
  • chrissyh
    chrissyh Posts: 8,235 Member
    my son freezes the pickle juice in ice cube trays and has pickle pops - :sick:
  • cdickey
    cdickey Posts: 230
    my son freezes the pickle juice in ice cube trays and has pickle pops - :sick:

    I saw a show on Food Network that they actually market Pickle Pops somewhere. I couldn't believe it but they showed the process of making, packaging and people paying for them. Crazy!
  • LeanLioness
    LeanLioness Posts: 1,091 Member
    If you are not worried about the sodium pickles are a great low-cal snack. For me its the clausen Baby Dills. When I am craving salty and crunchy instead chips I eat a few pickles. Just remember to drink lots of water to help flush the sodium.

    I do the same thing too...............

    I also buy the bread and butter pickles that are made with splenda.........one of the few things that I actually use that has splenda in it.
  • LeanLioness
    LeanLioness Posts: 1,091 Member
    my son freezes the pickle juice in ice cube trays and has pickle pops - :sick:

    I saw a show on Food Network that they actually market Pickle Pops somewhere. I couldn't believe it but they showed the process of making, packaging and people paying for them. Crazy!

    My hubby thinks I am the only one to do such a crazy thing!!! Wait til he reads this...........

    I used to drink the pickle juice when I was a kid too...........

    And talk about tangy, I used to put yellow mustard on my dill pickles...........YUMMO!!! Making my mouth water just thinking about it.
  • BrendaLee
    BrendaLee Posts: 4,463 Member
    my son freezes the pickle juice in ice cube trays and has pickle pops - :sick:

    Oh my. That gave me the "eww" shivers. lol
  • Iceprincessk25
    Iceprincessk25 Posts: 1,888 Member
    I've totally drank juice from the jar!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • sixtyinchesoffury
    sixtyinchesoffury Posts: 321 Member
    my favorite meal, which i happened to be eating while reading the boards is

    dill pickles ( Klaussen only please) with spaghetti marinara

    i have been eating this meal for about 25 years. yum!!!
  • Iceprincessk25
    Iceprincessk25 Posts: 1,888 Member
    my favorite meal, which i happened to be eating while reading the boards is

    dill pickles ( Klaussen only please) with spaghetti marinara

    i have been eating this meal for about 25 years. yum!!!

    okay.....that's just gross.
  • LeanLioness
    LeanLioness Posts: 1,091 Member
    LOL, I am eating Nitrate Free Smoked Sausage, vlasic zesty dills and dipping both in Mustard (yellow variety)...............

    I am having TOM right now and not craving anything sweet, I am craving salty, but I have also had leg cramps for the past 2 days................
  • AwMyLoLo
    AwMyLoLo Posts: 1,571 Member
    I've totally drank juice from the jar!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Oh yeah, I can drink some pickle juice. I heard once that drinking pickle juice can cure a hangover...:glasses:
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