Why? Because you can! And pickle, and jam, or otherwise celebrate the resurgence of the domestic arts our forebears held so dear. Put on your best apron and step into our kitchen, won't you?
Do Chua is a sweetly zesty pickled carrot and daikon radish medley served as an accompaniment to many Vietnamese dishes. Julienne the vegetables, soak in a brine of white vinegar, rice wine vinegar, water, sugar and salt, and you're done.
I needed a base recipe for safe kosher-style dill pickles. You do, too. Here I annotate two recipes developed by Extension -- one for quick(ish) dill pickles, the other for fermented dills.
