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Pickling is the process of food preservation by either anaerobic fermentation in brine or immersion in vinegar. Many types of fruit are pickled. [1] Some examples include peaches, apples, crabapples, pears, plums, grapes, currants, tomatoes and olives. [1] [2] Vinegar may also be prepared from fruit, [2] such as apple cider vinegar.
A fermented liquid condiment named after the city of Worcester in Worcestershire, England. It is frequently used to augment food and drink recipes, and used directly as a condiment on steaks, hamburgers, and other finished dishes. Yongfeng chili sauce: Yongfeng, Shuangfeng County, Loudi city, Hunan province, China Fermented hot sauce from Hunan.
Apple cider vinegar, or cider vinegar, is a vinegar made from cider, [3] and used in salad dressings, marinades, vinaigrettes, food preservatives, and chutneys. [4] It is made by crushing apples, then squeezing out the juice. The apple juice is then fermented by yeast which converts the sugars in the juice to ethanol.
While some former cucumbers become pickles using a vinegar-based brine (which is how most store-bought pickles are made), others undergo fermentation, using a brine of just salt and water ...
Sweet pickles made with fruit are more common in the cuisine of the American South. The pickling "syrup" is made with vinegar, brown sugar, and whole spices such as cinnamon sticks, allspice and cloves. Fruit pickles can be made with an assortment of fruits including watermelon, cantaloupe, Concord grapes and peaches. [19]
A pickled cucumber – commonly known as a pickle in the United States and Canada and a gherkin (/ ˈ ɡ ɜːr k ɪ n / GUR-kin) in Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand – is a usually small or miniature cucumber that has been pickled in a brine, vinegar, or other solution and left to ferment.
Cueritos – Pig skin, usually pickled in vinegar, and can be made with a spicy sauce; Curtido – Fermented cabbage relish from Central America; Pickled carrot – Carrot pickled in brine, vinegar, or other solution; Pickled cucumber – Cucumber pickled in brine, vinegar, or other solution
Grapes being trodden to extract the juice and made into wine in storage jars. Tomb of Nakht, 18th dynasty, Thebes, Ancient Egypt. Sourdough starter. In food processing, fermentation is the conversion of carbohydrates to alcohol or organic acids using microorganisms—yeasts or bacteria—without an oxidizing agent being used in the reaction.