[Sca-cooks] OOP--Pickles and Potatoes

[Pixel, Queen of Cats]

But "kosher" dill pickles also refer to what you put in them. My Ball Blue
Book sayeth to add a garlic clove, a piece of red pepper, and, IIRC, a bay
leaf to regular dill pickles, which only have the head of dill. I also
tend to add some of the spices from the pickling liquid, but that's not
usually entirely on purpose.

Yes, usually kosher means the way it's prepared, but in the pickle world,
it's what it's made with. Which is usually ok WRT kashrut anyway, but
that's another debate.

Margaret FitzWilliam, planning on pickling mushrooms and beans tonight

On Tue, 7 Aug 2001 kallipygosred at att.net wrote:

> Hmmm. According to my very orthodox jewish friend, and
> her father...the rabbi...what makes kosher "kosher" is
> the way it is prepared, specifically, that the process
> prior to making was approved by the church and the
> guidelnes of their scripture (proper tools, methods,
> etc.) and that it was blessed by the church as well.
>
> I don't think you can include those things in the
> pickels you are making right off hand....
>
> Lars
>
>
> > First question: what exactly makes kosher dill pickles kosher?  I can't tell
> > from any of the recipes I have, and I would like to know since I plan on
> > giving some of the pickles I've made as gifts.