Pickle Juice and Its Many Uses

I love pickles and I heard about saving pickle juice then I forgot about it. Now your hub triggered the idea and no more pickle juice down the drain. I sometimes drink it because it tastes great. I am also saving it for fruit flies or leg cramps. Thank you so much for another fun and great hub.

My husband has sworn by pickle juice since way before I met him; back into his high school days. He said the coach kept a jar of pickle juice in his office for when the football team, or other athletes would get muscle cramps (anywhere--not just legs)!

I sometimes get a charlie horse in my calf muscles if I stretch wrong, and I have resisted trying this until one day, it was just SO bad; I gave in, and wow--it does work--just about instantly!

As to the other uses, I had not thought of those, but will try it; especially for the beets. I usually keep the jar of juice in the fridge once the pickles are gone, anyway, for the above reason.

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Reading this one again as I've just finished a huge jar of pickles. I like the idea of using it on beets. And I always wash and keep the jars for storing my dried seeds from watermelon, cantaloupe and other seeds.

Well my goodness Susan-I never even thought of saving pickle juice. Thanks for sharing these great tips.

I am already using the pickle juice for different kinds of salads. I have learned this from my late mother-in-law. Maybe that´s what she did during the 2nd world war. Thanks for reminding me.

Thanks for checking that out. It was something I remembered from my childhood and just never questioned it. Thanks again, have a great day.

I too am at the end of a jar so I'm glad I found your hub. I had heard somewhere that you shouldn't dump the jucie down the drain. Don't remember why, but I never have. Will definitely give some of your suggestions a try.

Hey Susan. Magnesium is the element and also potassium. There is a lovely little Schussler cell salt called Mag-phos for those cramps (menses). It is a combination of magnesium and phosphorus. However, there are a number of other remedies specifically for leg cramps. The bananas are good! Blessings, Debby

Susan - great tips for using the pickle juice. Regarding the leg cramps, my aunt puts a bar of soap in her socks when going to bed at night and says this helps. Of course, there are a number of excellent homeopathic remedies to address leg cramps, that may clear up the problem. Wondering if your body craves an element that is missing or can be found in the pickle juice? Blessings, Debby

My brother (who has passed) always used to drink pickle juice! He loved it! I thought he was coo-coo! But come to think of it.. he never got a leg cramp! LOL I had no idea that pickle juice was good for that! Not to mention all the other wonderful ideas.. Never throwing out my pickle juice again! Love this hub... MUCHO! Thumbs up and shared!

My cousin used to eat pickled popsicles. That's basically popsicles made from the pickle juice.

I never thought of freezing it for ice cubes. What a great idea! I have stuffed thawed frozen veggies in it though...yum! I'm going to try a bit for those nasty foot and leg cramps, too! Thanks for these creative ideas :)

Thanks for these fantastic ideas. I grew up drinking pickle juice at the movie theater here in Oklahoma. Yuck!!!! But we loved it then. I can't imagine how much sodium I drank... Voted up and shared! Kelley

Yes the juice would DEFINITELY be hot - it would be ....pickled jalapeno juice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey, that might really go good for a dash of spice in the Bloody Mary!!!!

I don't just like Jalapeno peppers....I REALLY like Jalapeno peppers. I prefer them pickled, but they are plenty good fresh too.

I sometimes put the fresh ones into pickle juice - its sort of a compromise!

When I was in Jr. High there was a theater in town - we're in a small town, so it was a really small theater...I think they have church in there now.

In the theater they sold cups of pickle juice for eleven cents...and you know how bad Jr. High kids are...we'd buy it just to toss at each other. :-/

Every time I buy a jar of pickle, I would just drain off the water and never had much thought about it. I never would have come up with brilliant ideas to use the juice to make a dressing or ice cubes! My next pickle juice will be made into a dressing with some herbs and olive oil!

Thank you for the tips! (I'm saving it for future use!)

Funniest thing...I'm nearly at the end of a jar of dill slices and was wondering if there was something I could do with the juice instead of pouring it down the drain!

Except for an occasional margarita, I don't drink, so pickle juice ice cubes will go into plain tomato juice or V-8 for extra "zip"!

Thanks for all these great tips! Voted up, useful and interesting! ;D

I like to have pickle juice in my potatoe salad, yummo.

Great ideas! There's always so much juice left it's such a waste to throw it out...but now I have some ideas on what to do with it!

Great idea Susan. I have not heard of pickle juice before but this really easy to do and I bet they taste great. Voted up :)

I didn't know pickle juice had so many uses! Thanks for sharing : ) Voted up and useful

I love pickles and pickle juice. I hadn't thought of using the juice in recipes or as substitutions. I have used it for cramps, though. Works like a miracle!! I may have to try the Pickle Juice Sport drink! Thanks for sharing!! Votes and shares. :-)

I am going to have to try this with cucumbers! I don't like pickles but all three of my kids do so I always have plenty of extra pickle juice on hand :) Great Hub!

I love pickles but have never thought about using the juice--I will now! Thank you!

A Really good Hub. And I am trying out some of these uses soon. Thanks fro an interesting Hub.

This is very interesting. I had not idea there were so many uses. Awesome job. Thanks for sharing.

After a bit of frugal thinking, you can, after straining it use it to make homemade Mayo. The residual dill would add a certain something to the mayo's taste, especially to Mercy's dvelilled eggs.

I had never heard about pickle juice and this is the first time I hear about this juice. Susan, thank you very much for share complete information about pickle juice. Good job and rated up!

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I am not much of a pickle person 'cause our indian food has spices already...lol

but, I sure did learn something today...Thanks!

It's good to know that I'm not alone! Other's re-purpose pickle juice...Yah! Great suggestions and FUN hub. Nicely done, Just Ask Susan!

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I wished I had seen this list of ideas years ago - I use pickle juice in potato salad and a tiny bit in deviled eggs now and then, but I've been missing out on some of these ideas! I love pickles - especially dill. Thanks for sharing this information with us! Voted up, useful and awesome.

Great hub, only I strain the juice before reusing it as often there are little bitty pieces of spices which get into your drinks. LOL

Did you say tequila?!

wow! incredible. I love pickles...especially kosher, not the sweet pickles.

This is great Susan. I always use my pickle juice, esp. making cole slaw. You listed some new ideas..Thank you..Smiles

Hi Susan,

I answered “ I had no idea there were so many uses for pickle juice” because I had no idea! I particularly like the idea of marinading asparagus spears.

Lost of useful ideas here, thanks for the hub.

Well, Susan, you saved my pickle juice from an early extermination. Who knew there were so many intriguing uses for this stuff? I think I'll skip one though - the snow cone with pickle juice! Uh-uh!

Who would have thought of using pickle juice in so many different ways? Well, you, of course! Great ideas and I will definitely be using the pickle juice cure for leg cramps.

I never knew pickle juice could be used in so many ways. I love dill pickles and will try out some of your suggestions. A very useful hub.

Honestly, it also makes a great shot chaser. Chase tequila with pickle juice and its called either a "Border Hopper" or a "mexican hooker". Up north its just called a "pickle back".

I have an unnatural love for pickles, so this is great! I also kind of wondered if you could reasonably place fresh cucumbers in pickle juice and get a similar-ish result. Thank you for putting this together. I will certainly be sharing this groovy hub!

Hi Susan. This is a great informative hub. Pickle juice is one of the things I use a lot in my kitchen. Boiled eggs will keep for three months or more in pickle juice. I like the juice of bread and butter pickles for the eggs and vegetables. There was a huge discussion on this in a frugal forum on another site I write for and the ideas that came up were awesome. One thing we did not think about was the asparagus. I bet that would be really good.

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Hi Susan,

I am not a big fan of pickles but I am very impressed with the many uses of pickle juice that you have shared with us.

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Take Care :)

I do reuse pickle juice! I did not know there were so many more uses - like the ice cube idea is genius! I buy breaded pickle chips and deep fry them on occasion...and I reuse the juice to make pickled mushrooms too!

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You can also use pickle juice to catch fruit flies!

I never considered using it for salad dressing. I love the bread and butter juice. How long can you keep it in a fridge? Thank you as always for sharing.

Interesting idea that will surely save some money. :) Thanks for sharing

I grow and pickle my own. I save the juice for many of the things you said. I hate to throw anything away. I actually used it with baking soda to clean out the drain. There are so many uses!

Great hub! Voted up!