How Do You Use Pickling Ceramic Crocks?
You see them tucked away on shelves amid other antique shop treasures, but you may not know how glazed ceramic pickling pots garnered so many fans. Prized for their rustic, glazed beauty and ability to ferment and preserve all kinds of vegetables and meats, pickle crocks became household essentials. Over time, pickle fermentation became just one of the many uses creative people found for these attractive vessels, so add versatility to the list of features the once-humble pickle pot now claims. Make pickles the old fashioned way. Combine vinegar, spices and cucumbers and then allow the ceramic pickle crock’s organic properties to hold and develop the brine that comes from the curing process over time. Alternately, follow directions Japanese cooks have used to make their pickling recipes for centuries. Fill your pickling crock with rice bran, sea salt, kelp, beer and dried mushrooms to create a dish that owes a debt of gratitude to the lager you added to the mix. Convert your pickling cr
