Any good uses for pickle juice?

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   Victoria Lynnposted 13 years ago

   Any good uses for pickle juice?
   
   I try to live frugally and not be wasteful. Are there ways to use the pickle juice from a jar of pickles once the pickles are all gone?

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   lmarsh1203posted 13 years ago

   My mom used to stick baby corn in the pickle juice. It was actually really good, and we loved it as kids.

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   Just Ask Susanposted 13 years ago

   Keep that leftover pickle juice  for recipes, marinades, salad dressing and more. read more

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   daskittlez69posted 13 years ago

   I slice up cucumbers and put them in the jar to soak for about a month.

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   EclecticFusionposted 13 years ago

   Sorry, my only use for pickle juice is to drink it!

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   MickSposted 13 years ago

   Use it to sprinkle on your fish n chips.

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   Arlene V. Pomaposted 13 years ago

   Yes, it would be a shame to waste pickle juice!  I used to drink the stuff until I had to cut down on the sodium.  My ex mother-in-law mixed pickle juice with mayonaise, then put the "sauce" over coleslaw or lettuce as salad dressing.  Mixed this sauce into potato salad, too.

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   Sunshine625posted 13 years ago

   My granddaughter drinks it, a little at a time. She's a pickle fanatic and 5 years old. Need I say more.

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      Diana Grantposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Yes I like the taste of some pickle water too - such as cucumber or other sweetish pickles, but not pickled onion water, which is strong

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   Turtlewomanposted 13 years ago

   If you suffer from a muscle cramp during a workout or sporting event, drink pickle juice. Find out how pickle juice can get rid of muscle cramps fast! read more

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    CynDwyerposted 13 years ago

    Make Picklebacks.  Chase a shot of Jameson Whiskey with a shot of pickle juice.  It's delicious.  I first had these at Good Co in Williamsburg, Brooklyn http://www.goodcobk.com/ . Now I save all of my pickle juice at home to make these when I have friends over.

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    Cardisaposted 13 years ago

    Pickle juice recipes. Make relish and pickled cabbage from pickle juice. Use up your pickle juice, don't throw it away! read more

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    Der Meisterposted 13 years ago

    Besides what has already been mentioned, try some experimentation with food recipes. Results may vary, though.

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    teaches12345posted 13 years ago

    I had to look in on this question because I could not imagine how it could be re-used.  I found some really good answers that I intend to try.  My favorites are: sprinkling it over fish and chips and pickling cucumbers and baby carrots.

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    April Reynoldsposted 13 years ago

    I splash some in the deviled part of my deviled eggs and use it in mac salad and egg salad

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    wiserworldposted 13 years ago

    You can make pickled eggs I think, but I am not sure how you'd go about doing that exactly. My neighbor used to use it on steak to make it more tender. I would opt to just drink it straight from the jar though.
    
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    strecker1994posted 13 years ago

    You can drink it like Snooki did in Jersey Shore

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    kelluckyposted 13 years ago

    Yes! It's great for soaking pickles in.                     Dill and the other kind

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    joyathomeposted 13 years ago

    Once a friend of ours suggested putting pickle juice on a skin burn. I just looked it up online to verify and found that others have found that cold vinegar (a component in pickle juice) helps soothe sunburn and prevent blisters.

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    foodiegonehealthyposted 13 years ago

    I know this sounds crazy, but it works.  It you have a leg cramp or charley horse eat a pickle or drink some pickle juice and it will stop the spasm.

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    Diana Grantposted 12 years ago

    You can use it to de-scale the calcium deposit in kettles or round your taps, and add it to curries, or Chinese meals or anything where you might otherwise use lemon juice

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