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> The last process requires special hands if you wanted your pickle to last a few years. Is that some code word for hygiene? I seem to remember that the concep
by hawk_ 3y ago
> The last process requires special hands if you wanted your pickle to last a few years.
Is that some code word for hygiene? I seem to remember that the concept of hygiene for making achaar (and for other kitchen matters) was codified in religious practices in my family/community.
- boruto 3y agoDon't really think that is the case.
- civilitty 3y agoNo it’s technique. There are two ways to pickle something - hot and cold. The hot method uses boiling liquid that sterilizes the container by itself but the cold method requires careful technique that keeps the container sterile until the food is loaded. Hygiene matters but only incidentally, since it’s easier to keep one’s work area clean when they are clean.
- kumarvvr 3y agoI have observed this personally in my extended family. My paternal grandmother has 3 daughters. GM and Daughter 1's pickles would last long and were delicious. Daughter 2 and 3's pickles would not be good and spoil. But, the process, and I mean, like an industrial quality detailed process of pages and pages of notes and quantities, etc would be absolutely same. My GM always said 2 & 3 dont have the 'hand' for a pickle. Fun Memory : One of my grandmother most precious possessions was not gold or money, but a 40 year old aluminum tumbler, passed on to her by her mother-in-law, that was used to measure items for the pickle (x tumblers of mustard powder, Y tumblers of chilli powder..)
- satvikpendem 3y agoIt's probably more of a code word for experience and luck, like a gardener's green thumb; some have it, some simply don't, is the implication.
- lazide 3y agoAlso it could be body biome related.