Episode 007: The Struggler is Real Series - THE PICKLE

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On the 24th of March, 1903, William A. Loder was granted a patent for making pickles. In his application he explained:

This invention relates to the process of producing edible pickles directly from green cucumbers by simple means, both without the application of heat and the use of drugs or chemicals deleterious to health as heretofore commonly employed;

By my new process the cucumbers are gathered and primarily washed and placed directly in the kegs, barrels, or other packages in which they are to be shipped to the trade. Then a liquid compound of salt and vinegar, cold, is prepared and poured over the cucumbers, the vinegar being about thirty-grain strength, with six ounces of salt to the gallon. This liquid is allowed to act upon the cucumbers until slight fermentation takes place and ceases, usually four to ten days.

For the sour variety of pickles the cucumbers are not washed after the first supply of vinegar is drawn off, as for the sweet pickles, but fresh strong vinegar of forty to fifty grains strength, according to the sourness of the pickles desired, with spices added, is again poured over them, the pickles being now ready for the market.

Just like pickles we are slowly changed if we allow ourselves to sit in a brine of negativity of our own concoction. Unlike pickles however, the effects can be undone.

This is another part of our series The Struggler is Real, The Pickle episode.

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