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pickling

  • present participle of pickle.

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Pickling is one of the simplest ways to bend an onion’s aggression to your will.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2025

Pickling spice is made up of black pepper, coriander, dill, mustard seed, allspice, red chili flakes and bay leaf.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2022

Pickling mellows the grassiness that fresh peppers can sometimes have, and the acid in the pickling brine adds a slight pucker.

From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2021

Pickling a thing makes for an especially bright and punchy result.

From Salon • Feb. 10, 2021

Many in the chapters on Preserving and Pickling were contributed by Mrs. E. C. Daniell of Dedham, Mass., whose understanding of the lines of cookery mentioned is thorough.

From Miss Parloa's New Cook Book by Parloa, Maria

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