In Japan, rarely is a meal served without pickled plums, carrots, cucumbers, onions or other vegetables. That's because pickles are good for the digestion. Pickles in the West usually are boiled and do not have the good enzymes, so all pickles are not equal. The following steps will help you buy a pickle maker or press for making pickles so you can add the good enzymes to your diet.
Instructions
1. Search the Internet for macrobiotics or Japanese pickles to find pickle makers that will make the healthiest pickles. Look for sites with authentic recipes, because these will help you after you find your pickle maker or press to make excellent and tasty pickles.
2. Find pickle makers that call for adding some kind of starter, brine or salt and that keep the vegetables at room temperature or below 70 degrees for anything from a day to a week.
3. Look for pickle makers that are simple glass jars with some kind of press attached. They all work by pressing the extra liquid out of the vegetable in the fermentation process.
4. Understand the pickle maker is not a fancy expensive gadget. You can press pickles at home between two bowls using books or rocks set on top. The trick is to find good recipes, instructions and to watch outside temperatures.
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