Not trying to judge, just trying to understand where we are in the spectrum of human behavior - when you eat a jar of pickles or olives or whatever, what do you do with the brine? Do you dump it, use it for something else, or drink it?

I know someone who saves it to drink it later. He is my husband. Honestly, even after 20 years together, I didn’t realize this about him. I thought the stockpile in the door was just a collection of forgotten empty jars, and I’ve been dumping them as such.

Which is it:

  • I’m a terrible wasteful sinner?
  • He’s a freak?
  • Neither/Both, there’s a special middle ground?

No judgement or emotional attachment here, he can have an entire shelf of the fridge for brine jars, idgaf. It just never occurred to me to that I should consider stockpiling brine.

Are you stockpiling brine? What do you do with it? “I’ll drink some with breakfast tomorrow,” is a perfectly acceptable answer. Just curious if yours is different.

  • queermunist she/her
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    1 year ago

    I save brine from pickled peppers and use it to make a delicious spicy sauce.

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        1 year ago

        There’s no exact recipe, but what I do is heat the brine on the stove and then add coconut oil, nooche, and xanthan gum. Blend it all together with an egg beater and then pour it into the jars I save while it’s still hot so as it cools the jars seal themselves.

        I’m still experimenting with the exact balance of ingredients, but this recent batch was 1 part oil and 1 part nooche to 2 parts brine. I put the nooche in a coffee grinder first so it’s an extremely fine powder, then xanthan gum is sprinkled into the mix as it’s blending until it’s nice and thick.

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          1 year ago

          Omfg, that sounds incredible. Thank you for typing this up, I am so fucking stoked to try it. I think kid and I will really like it and husband will see have a spiritual experience that alters the course of his cuisine forever.