I made my first batch of pickles ever today but I did not sterilize the container, I just hand-washed it. will be monitoring their pickling over the next few weeks making sure they don't grow mold.
pickling update: it'd something like 2 weeks later and I popped open my pickles. they're already the best pickles I've had and I didn't even use fresh dill or the right pickling salt (used Morton's Iodized, but the pickles are still crunchy and not really discolored). I did use chili flakes and garlic cloves. also using this post to put esiann on botulism watch bc I don't know if I used enough vinegar.gonna try green beans and cauliflower next.
Quote from: earlchip on January 06, 2013, 07:46:18 pmpickling update: it'd something like 2 weeks later and I popped open my pickles. they're already the best pickles I've had and I didn't even use fresh dill or the right pickling salt (used Morton's Iodized, but the pickles are still crunchy and not really discolored). I did use chili flakes and garlic cloves. also using this post to put esiann on botulism watch bc I don't know if I used enough vinegar.gonna try green beans and cauliflower next.this is a grreat post love it