Kathleen Savoie, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator, and Rob Dumas, food science innovation coordinator and pilot plant manager, spoke with the about how to make quick pickles. Unlike standard fermented pickles, quick pickles, also known as refrigerator or quick process pickles, are made 鈥渦sing acetic acid from vinegar鈥 instead of 鈥渓actic acid from fermentation,鈥 according to the BDN. 鈥淲hen you quick pickle something, you鈥檙e basically just packing prepared vegetables into a prepared brine and refrigerating them,鈥 Savoie said. Dumas recommends quick pickling radishes, peppers and red cabbage among others.
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