Are pickles healthy?
Should you scrub pickles before you eat them?
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QUOTE (existwhere? @ Feb 6 2008, 10:40 PM) 
Are pickles healthy?
Based on that other thread, I'd say cucumbers are healthier, at least for men.
scrub pickles?
Pickles are cucumbers and cucumbers are healthy with 0 calories, so people like to eat them if they need to lose weight. But cucumbers are healthier as the high sodium content in pickles causes water retention.
QUOTE (existwhere? @ Feb 6 2008, 11:40 PM)
Should you scrub pickles before you eat them?
I never scrub mine.
mosheshmeal
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QUOTE (Elana @ Feb 6 2008, 11:18 PM)
scrub pickles?
With a vegetable scrubber.
Belle, do you see what I mean?
exist, are you stoned?
You should pickle them in hydrochloric acid instead of vinegar...
QUOTE (Bird @ Feb 7 2008, 01:47 AM)
exist, are you stoned?
I'm very stressed out.
The reasoning for this topic was the Rambam who says it is not advisable to eat large cucumbers with salt, or something like that.
I've noticed a sort of liquid powdery coating on some pickles and washed them, and wonder if anyone else saw that.
QUOTE (existwhere? @ Feb 6 2008, 10:40 PM)
Are pickles healthy?
Should you scrub pickles before you eat them?
Should you scrub pickles before you eat them?
Actually, pickled items are not so healthy and have been linked to higher rates of disease. They are low-calorie but the pickling process has some quality which negatively affects the food.
QUOTE (existwhere? @ Feb 6 2008, 10:40 PM)
Are pickles healthy?
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The Health Benefits of Pickles
Although some may be put off by the role of salt in the pickling process, pickles need not be regarded as unhealthy. There is considerable controversy over whether reasonable levels of dietary salt are harmful to all, or only to those pre-disposed towards cardiovascular disease. In any case, life is short, and we may as well get some pleasure while we're here.
In fact, there is increasing interest in the potential health benefits of pickles. The most obvious benefit, especially in undeveloped economies, is that pickling fruit and vegetables allows crops to be preserved to supply a valuable source of vitamins over the scarce winter months.
There is also some evidence that pickles can promote digestive health and lower cholesterol. All manner of claims have been made for kimchi as a preventative for diabetes, cancer and even SARS.
Just as importantly - tasty food promotes well-being and contributes to a healthy and happy life. Eat pickles and enjoy!
Although some may be put off by the role of salt in the pickling process, pickles need not be regarded as unhealthy. There is considerable controversy over whether reasonable levels of dietary salt are harmful to all, or only to those pre-disposed towards cardiovascular disease. In any case, life is short, and we may as well get some pleasure while we're here.
In fact, there is increasing interest in the potential health benefits of pickles. The most obvious benefit, especially in undeveloped economies, is that pickling fruit and vegetables allows crops to be preserved to supply a valuable source of vitamins over the scarce winter months.
There is also some evidence that pickles can promote digestive health and lower cholesterol. All manner of claims have been made for kimchi as a preventative for diabetes, cancer and even SARS.
Just as importantly - tasty food promotes well-being and contributes to a healthy and happy life. Eat pickles and enjoy!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A3100168
QUOTE (Bird @ Feb 7 2008, 01:47 AM)
exist, are you stoned?
QUOTE (existwhere? @ Feb 7 2008, 05:36 AM)
I'm very stressed out.
Try getting stoned.
QUOTE (existwhere? @ Feb 7 2008, 05:36 AM)
I've noticed a sort of liquid powdery coating on some pickles and washed them, and wonder if anyone else saw that.
That happens during the pickling process. We pickle cucumbers and I always wash them first. But they still can develop a slimy film after a while. When they are supper fresh I think they are less likely to have that coating.
QUOTE (Gretchen @ Feb 7 2008, 04:04 PM)
Try getting stoned.
I concur with my esteemed colleague, it would do you a WORLD of good...
QUOTE (Kalashnikover_Rebbe @ Feb 7 2008, 12:10 PM)
I concur with my esteemed colleague, it would do you a WORLD of good...
So doc, can you give me the same diagnosis?
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QUOTE (Kalashnikover_Rebbe @ Feb 7 2008, 01:10 PM)
I concur with my esteemed colleague, it would do you a WORLD of good...
How about me? I've never been stoned.
mosheshmeal
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QUOTE (mosheshmeal @ Feb 7 2008, 05:58 PM)
How about me? I've never been stoned.
mosheshmeal
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mosheshmeal
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It's not as much fun as it sounds. Apparently, they first bury you in sand up until your neck or something.
QUOTE (Gretchen @ Feb 8 2008, 01:00 AM)
It's not as much fun as it sounds. Apparently, they first bury you in sand up until your neck or something.
Not sand, Zevel
QUOTE (mosheshmeal @ Feb 8 2008, 12:58 AM)
How about me? I've never been stoned.
No, you don't need it either...
QUOTE (Nechama @ Feb 7 2008, 11:09 AM)
That happens during the pickling process. We pickle cucumbers and I always wash them first. But they still can develop a slimy film after a while. When they are supper fresh I think they are less likely to have that coating.
Thank you!
Because of you and Melech, I can now eat pickles in peace.
QUOTE (Kalashnikover_Rebbe @ Feb 7 2008, 07:15 PM)
No, you don't need it either...
Didn’t your mama teach you to share?
QUOTE (existwhere? @ Feb 7 2008, 07:32 PM)
Because of you and Melech, I can now eat pickles in peace.
Do you enjoy eating pickles, existwhere?
mosheshmeal
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QUOTE (mosheshmeal @ Feb 8 2008, 01:37 AM)
Didn’t your mama teach you to share?
Actually she didn't, but that is irrelevant as I have a policy not to possess illegal substances in my house...
QUOTE (existwhere? @ Feb 6 2008, 11:41 PM)
With a vegetable scrubber.
because of that white powdery stuff? i didn't understand what you meant till you further clarified.
QUOTE (Nechama @ Feb 7 2008, 11:09 AM)
We pickle cucumbers
you are the first american i hear it from
saying we pickle pickles didn't sounds right
QUOTE (Nechama @ Feb 7 2008, 10:21 PM)
saying we pickle pickles didn't sounds right
no, i meant i never heard of an american pickling cucumbers here (because why bother? there are so many available brands). this is so european/"old country"
QUOTE (Nechama @ Feb 7 2008, 10:21 PM)
saying we pickle pickles didn't sounds right
Of course not, I suppose you also toast toast?
QUOTE (Elana @ Feb 7 2008, 10:56 PM)
no, i meant i never heard of an american pickling cucumbers here (because why bother? there are so many available brands). this is so european/"old country"
We don't do it often, but have done it several times.(Although we did learn it from someone "old country")
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