So i love peperchinis. I have a link if you don’t know what they are. I am planning on growing the peppers this summer, but i had a question about pickling them.
Could i use the liquid that the store bought ones come in, to pickle mine, or is that brine a one time use thing?
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-e&q=pickled+peperchinis
by jeremycb29
6 Comments
You could use it for fridge pickling but not for shelf stable pickles. I wouldn’t recommend reusing the brine more than once though.
Not safe. Every time a brine is used it gets diluted by the juices in the peppers, so your brine would be less acidic then when it was added to the commercial jars.
Not only that, but with commercial pickles they can get away with less acid because they have the ability to test things to make sure the pH is correct. We don’t as much, so we need a bigger factor of safety which means more acid.
It’s really easy to put together a refrigerator pickle brine for these.
when the concern is your health and safety it is NEVER a dumb question.
It’s always better to ask.
That being said u/thedndexperiment is spot on.
You can absolutely throw things in an otherwise empty store-bought jar of brine and keep it in the refrigerator.
I’ll bet that brine would make great fried chicken, though.