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Okay, thanks - I guess it just takes forever to boil. Now, another question - some pickle recipes tell you to wait six weeks or so before you try them, so they get properly pickled I guess. They don’t all say that. Should you always wait anyway for pickles? And how long?
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My favorite pickles are the naturally fermented kind that are made in the sun. They do this throughout Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and I suspect many other places. They have a very nice lactic rather than acetic flavor, and can be enjoyed in as little as three days. You don’t have to can them, or anything. I just put them in a giant 1 gallon jar, and place them out in the sun for 2 or 3 days.
Do a Google search on “sun pickles” or look at this recipe.