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femmestem t1_je8i642 wrote

Reply to comment by open_door_policy in ELI5 Why are pickles not just called pickled cucumbers? by Shabless

I had to look up "are all olives pickled" because I thought "pickled" involved vinegar. I had no idea it included salt brine, sugar brine, and oil. TIL Thanks!

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open_door_policy t1_je8ltkk wrote

Yeah, the old recipes for pickles didn't involve any vinegar. You added some salt, then let the bacteria add lactic acid for you. No need to add acetic acid.

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BebopFlow t1_je8qrmm wrote

Honestly lacto-fermentation adds a ton of flavor and it's probiotic. Vinegar pickles just don't stand up and (in an apparent reversal of half this thread's opinions) I don't think they even deserve to be called "pickles"

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