Pickled Gherkins
I paid a quick trip to the market on Friday and had a nosy round a new Polish Delicatessan stall on the market looking for some cervelat, (a salami style sausage that has a lot of flavour and does not last long in this household) unfortunately they didn't have any. So I went to the small deli shop just off the market. That shop seems to have been taken over as there were different people in there. However, I found proper gherkins at 1.35 a kg so I bought 2 kg to pickle this week. I also bought some dill off the market too. I intend to make another batch, this time using the dry brining method OH can then compare which version he likes best. Not sure how to do this as never done gherkins before - cucumber yes - in fact the methods are very similar. I had a search on the Internet to see if I could find anything that appeals and nothing really took my fancy. So I hit one of the basic books I use on a regular basis The Basic ...