Comments on: Pickled asparagus recipe http://awesomepickle.com/archives/229 A microbe herder's almanac Wed, 16 May 2012 17:16:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eric http://awesomepickle.com/archives/229#comment-11081 Eric Sat, 12 May 2012 03:36:05 +0000 http://www.awesomepickle.com/?p=229#comment-11081 @RH, When they're ready, it's best to put a lid on em and put em in the fridge. So they're not like canned pickles that you stick in the pantry and save for the apocalypse. But the asparagus will last for weeks or even months in the fridge, just keep an eye on them because they will keep fermenting slowly--they won't go rotten but at a certain point they may get softer than you like, which is a kind of (non-poisonous) bad. I keep big jars of sauerkraut and kimchi in my fridge for months on end. @RH, When they’re ready, it’s best to put a lid on em and put em in the fridge. So they’re not like canned pickles that you stick in the pantry and save for the apocalypse. But the asparagus will last for weeks or even months in the fridge, just keep an eye on them because they will keep fermenting slowly–they won’t go rotten but at a certain point they may get softer than you like, which is a kind of (non-poisonous) bad. I keep big jars of sauerkraut and kimchi in my fridge for months on end.

]]> By: RH http://awesomepickle.com/archives/229#comment-11080 RH Sat, 12 May 2012 01:46:33 +0000 http://www.awesomepickle.com/?p=229#comment-11080 Hello. I was wondering how long the jars of asparagus will keep stored in jars on the shelf. Are they meant to be eaten right away? Or do they store well? Thanks Hello. I was wondering how long the jars of asparagus will keep stored in jars on the shelf. Are they meant to be eaten right away? Or do they store well?

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]]> By: Eric http://awesomepickle.com/archives/229#comment-6848 Eric Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:30:24 +0000 http://www.awesomepickle.com/?p=229#comment-6848 @MikeRoBrew You're right, there's no homebrewing-like sanitation, and that's because keeping the veggies under the brine already assures that the lactobacillus will triumph--other yeasts and molds need oxygen to grow. Sanitizing wouldn't hurt if you use the airlock system to protect your pickles, though. Once you start the pickles, I'm curious if and how quickly CO2 will force all the oxygen out of the jar. And will the airlock actually bubble? I'll have to give it a try. I have been using the <a href="http://www.wisementrading.com/foodpreserving/harsch_crocks.htm" rel="nofollow">Harsch fermenting crock</a>, which also makes an airlock, to make sauerkraut and so far I have had no mold. @MikeRoBrew You’re right, there’s no homebrewing-like sanitation, and that’s because keeping the veggies under the brine already assures that the lactobacillus will triumph–other yeasts and molds need oxygen to grow. Sanitizing wouldn’t hurt if you use the airlock system to protect your pickles, though. Once you start the pickles, I’m curious if and how quickly CO2 will force all the oxygen out of the jar. And will the airlock actually bubble? I’ll have to give it a try. I have been using the Harsch fermenting crock, which also makes an airlock, to make sauerkraut and so far I have had no mold.

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