What do you do with pickle juice?

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   Attikosposted 12 years ago

   What do you do with pickle juice?
   
   You've eaten all those delectable pickles. The jar is empty, but you hate to pour that green brine down the drain. What do you do with it?

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   xanzacowposted 12 years ago

   You can put sliced cucumbers or boiled eggs in it. Let them sit for several days. Yum! You can also drink it to ward off night time leg cramps. I am assuming this is dill pickle juice. Lots of good uses!

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      Attikosposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      It helps with leg cramps? I never heard that before. How does that work?

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      xanzacowposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Not sure. Old wives tale. But it does work!

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   nmdondersposted 12 years ago

   I've never hear about it helping with leg cramps before that's neat.  Maybe I'll try it one day.  I have a friend that drinks the juice all time time but I think she just likes the taste.
   It would taste good over top of some other greens.

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      Attikosposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I too use it in salad dressings. It's quite acidic, so it will substitute for vinegar or lemon juice in vinaigrettes.

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   Handicapped Chefposted 12 years ago

   With sweet pickle juice, you can make a really yummy old-fashioned potato salad!, and with dill its great as a marinade for cucumber and tomatos salad.

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      Attikosposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Potato salad. Now, that would hit the spot. It is sweet juice, so I think I'll use some of it for a batch. Thanks.

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      Handicapped Chefposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Yes pickle juice is sweet when I make potato salad for my parents I add a little relish which is sweet pickles so this is basically the same thing....Try it you will love it.

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   duffsmomposted 12 years ago

   For dill pickle juice, cut up cauliflower, carrots, cucumbers or any vegetable you like and add them to the juice.  Let them sit in the fridge for a few day and they are delicious.
   
   Sweet pickle juice I use in tuna salad, egg salad, deviled eggs.  Just a little but it is good.

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   SherryDigitalposted 12 years ago

   Use it to marinate chicken breast and make your own version of a Chic-fil-a sandwich.

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      Handicapped Chefposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      NOT A BAD IDEAL IF YOU DO IT SKIN OFF.

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   AlexandraMorrisposted 12 years ago

   My family usually just makes pickled eggs with the leftover.

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      Attikosposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I'll have plenty left after making potato salad, and I think that would be an excellent way to use it. Pickled eggs are an underrated delicacy.

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      Handicapped Chefposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Pickled eggs are very good you can also use the juice in coleslaw even pickled onions are very good they sell them in gourmet stores and they are very high in cost.

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   Diana Grantposted 12 years ago

   If it's from sweet pickled cucumbers, it's fairly mild, and as I like the taste, I drink it, a little at a time.  Otherwise I add it wherever I might otherwise add lemon juice - a little in stews, soups, curries and stir-fries as a flavor-enhancer.

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