Pickling and quick-pickling
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Description
Pickling is the preservation of food in acid (vinegar) or through lacto-fermentation (salt brine). Quick-pickling (refrigerator pickles) uses heated vinegar brine poured over vegetables for a ready-in-hours result. Full fermentation pickles (like traditional kosher dills or Korean-style) develop complex sour flavours over days to weeks through bacterial conversion. Almost every cuisine has a pickling tradition — Japanese tsukemono, Korean jangajji, Indian achar, British piccalilli, Mexican curtido, Vietnamese đồ chua — and each uses distinct spice profiles and acid levels.
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