Refrigerated Pickled Veggies

[Chief Longwind Of The North]

I had just a couple sweet gherkins, and a couple of Castlevetrano Olives left. I ate them. I thought to myself, Can I reuse the brine and pickle juice? I figured I'd give it a try. I can't give you measurements because i didn't use any. But the end result is definitely work sharing.

Pour the brine from the olive jar into a bowl. Pour the pickling juice from the gherkins jar into the same bowl. Add ]/2 tsp. dried Rosemary. to the mix. Wash, then quarter lengthwise a half cucumber, then slice it into bite-sized pieces. Add two tbs. white vinager and stir.

Add halved cherry tomatoes, sliced onion, cauliflowers, and broccoli as desired. Cover and place in the fridge for three days.

As I said, this came out very tasty, and refreshing to boot. So, don't throw away that pickling juice, or olive brine. Re-purpose it and get a yummy snack, or relish tray.

Seeeeeeya; Chief Longwind of the North

 

[taxlady]

That's a good idea Chief. I have a large jar of Kalamata olives with not so many olives at the bottom of a lot of brine. I can steal some of that. I probably have some pickles that could be put in a smaller jar so I can steal some of that brine too.

 

[Cooking Goddess]

I've read that when you reuse brine, you should bring it to a boil and then cool before pouring it over the new veggies. Even if you never used your fingers to fish out a pickle or olive, it's probably better to be safe than sorry.

I've done this with pickled beet brine and leftover roasted beets. We were happy with the results.

 

[Whiskadoodle]

My Grandma used to do this.

I'm working on emptying out a jar of baby dills as fast as I can so I can make new pickles. I think green beans pickles sound nice. We almost always have leftover beans, on purpose, so easy to do.

I think boiling the brine before re using sounds like a good idea. I'm pretty sure one of us (hmm) goes finger fishing sometimes. Goes right along with keeping a spoon stored inside the ice cream container.