Cottage industries

How to make pickles and their types

How to make pickled cucumbers

Ingredients:

  • A kilogram of small cucumbers.
  • Five cloves of garlic.
  • One green pepper cut into slices.
  • Five cups of boiling water.
  • Five tablespoons of coarse salt.
  • One cup of white vinegar.

How to prepare:

  • Make a few slits in the cucumbers using a knife, then arrange them and place them in a suitable sized glass jar.
  • Add green pepper and garlic to the jar.
  • Mix salt with white vinegar and water in another bowl, making sure to stir the ingredients well until the salt dissolves.
  • Pour the previous mixture into the cucumber jar, and close it tightly.
  • Place the jar in a dry, cool place for two to three weeks.

How to make pickled carrots

Ingredients:

  • Forty grams of small carrots.
  • Fifty milliliters of white vinegar.
  • Twenty milliliters of the following:
    • olive oil.
    • Sour lemonade.
  • Twenty grams of the following:
    • Fresh dill.
    • Fresh cayenne pepper.
    • salt.
    • Pepper flakes.
  • Fifty grams of sugar.
  • Four cloves of garlic.
  • Four bay leaves.

How to prepare:

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  • Mix all ingredients together in a suitable jar.
  • Close the jar tightly, and leave it in the refrigerator for a few days before serving.

How to make pickled peaches

Ingredients:

  • Four cups of sugar.
  • a glass of water.
  • Two tablespoons of cloves.
  • Four pounds of fresh, peeled peaches.
  • Five sticks of cinnamon.

How to prepare:

  • Mix sugar, vinegar and water in a large bowl, then put it on the fire until it boils.
  • Leave the mixture on the fire for five minutes.
  • Insert one or two cloves into each peach, and place them in the prepared syrup.
  • Leave the peaches to boil in the syrup for a third of an hour.
  • Divide ripe peaches into glass jars and cover them with syrup.
  • Place a cinnamon stick in each jar, and close it well.
  • Place the jars in a bowl containing boiling water, and leave them for ten minutes.

How to make pickled mushrooms

Ingredients:

  • A cup and three-quarters of a cup of balsamic vinegar.
  • Three tablespoons of salt.
  • Four pieces of white mushrooms.

How to prepare:

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  • Mix both water and balsamic vinegar in a saucepan over medium heat.
  • Add salt to the previous mixture, and stir it well until it dissolves completely.
  • Leave the pot on low heat until it boils.
  • Place the mushrooms in a bowl, and pour one cup of the previously prepared syrup over them.
  • Leave the mixture until it cools to room temperature.
  • Transfer the mushrooms to a jar, and store them in the refrigerator for at least a week before using.
Note: It is possible to keep the excess syrup and use it again.
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