Some things get better with time... like this weeks video AND pickled onions! I started filming this video early in the year when I harvested our onion crop. Which had many small onions. I share how I harvested... then a later time pickling them... and later again after the pickle liquid had done its thing. I hope you enjoy watching this full end to end look at harvest to a pickled onion ready to eat. I will pop a link to the video in the comments if you would like to watch.

My favorite way to eat pickled onions is on a cheese sandwich. I also add whole chilliest to my onions.

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

2 ай бұрын

Yum! You pickled onions would go quick around here. We LOVE chilli 🌶 😋

Thanks for the video! I have never made pickled onions, so this will be a big help when the time comes 😊

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

11 ай бұрын

So wonderful to hear this has helped give you the confidence to give it a go 😀 It is so super easy. And you can get creative with the spices to what you like.

Put your onions in the fridge first and they won’t be as tough on your eyes.

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

11 ай бұрын

Thanks a bunch for the tip Carol 😀 As you can tell, I need advice to keep from tears!

My mum made us pickled onions jars of them, now it's my turn to learn and feed my kids.

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

4 ай бұрын

What a wonderful memory. I hope this helps with making your own 💖

Thank you for sharing this method. I bought the onions, now I have to make the pickles. Going to make them as you showed us. Easy and fast ❤❤

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

3 ай бұрын

It truly is simple and yet incredibly delish. You can also adapt the spices to your taste and even change up the types of vinegar. But this base recipe is a go-to for us, as it is soooo good. I hope you like it too 😀

Thank you for another amazing video. I’m so going to have to try to make some homemade pickles for myself. Be good thing about pickled onions is in the only one in the house who eats them. Yummy 🤤

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

11 ай бұрын

Thanks a bunch for your kind comment ☺️. I have so much competition for them at our house. I need more tiny onions 😂

Peel your onions outside in the breeze, with you standing upwind. No tears....

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

11 ай бұрын

That outside peeling is definitely a winning idea! 😀

Best trick I got off a bunch of catering industry chefs was to have a match stick in your mouth when you cut/peel onion and this will stop the tears/burning eyes 😬

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

4 ай бұрын

I need all the tricks!!!!

Bulbing Onions are the bane of my gardening life, one day I'll manage to grow them successfully but today is not that day 😢😂

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

11 ай бұрын

We are together on that one!!!

I always make sure to use a very sharp knife when cutting onions. My understanding is that the aroma that makes one tear up comes from when the small capillaries in onions are crushed or otherwise broken, but with a very sharp knife I'm able to slice right through them nice and cleanly

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

11 ай бұрын

That is a great tip. Thanks Matt 👌 Im not always the best with keeping our knives sharp. So this could very well be a contributor.

Fill your sink with cold water and peel them under water. No tears !

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

3 ай бұрын

I thanks for the suggestion Cheryl. I need all the ideas!!!!

Thanks nice and simple

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

5 ай бұрын

You are most welcome 😀

Actually starts from 4:40 to make, after peeling onions!

Something from working in kitchens is to have a wet t towel under the board and one behind the chopping board. Also cut them over the stove with the exhaust fan going as it and the wet t towels absorb the fumes.

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

11 ай бұрын

Ooohhhh thats clever. The exhaust fan seems such a straightforward solution... and yet I have never heard anyone suggest it! Thanks a bunch 😀

I'm curious if your "brown vinegar" is what the Brits would call "malt vinegar?"

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

3 ай бұрын

A good question! It is actually different. We have malt vinegar too. But what is commonly sold here as brown vinegar is a spirit vinegar with a bit of caramel flavour to it. And sometimes it is a brown spirit vinegar just to confuse things. In reality, we are always using different vinegar and spices for the pickling to get different flavours.

HI just wanted to ask you if you could help me.... i made some refrigerator cucumbers 5 days ago.. using apple cider vinegar, bay leaves, black pepper corns, mustard seeds. garlic, chili and water.. but opened a jar last night and the vinegar taste is overpowering to the point it makes your eyes go... would you know how to calm down the taste, can it be done once jared ? many thanks...

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

7 ай бұрын

The awesome thing about fridge pickles is you can adjust to taste. Do keep in mind once you go less than 50% vinegar to water it doesn't seem to last as long. But for fresh eating, you could use any ratio. You can most definitely dilute now to your taste.

@poodlepup1

7 ай бұрын

@@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus thank you for the reply ... my concern was opening the jars up after sealing them to add a bit more sugar...

Could i pickle them in an airtight tupperware container instead of a glass jar?

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

8 ай бұрын

Any foodsafe container that can deal with acidity will do the trick.

Would this work for pickled garlic

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

7 ай бұрын

Most pickled garlic recipes have a much stronger vinegar ratio. Do also keep in mind there is a very common reaction with garlic, where they get a blue/green look to the garlic. I would recommend a bit of a google on this topic before giving it a go.

Put ur pickles in the sun and they will be ready to eat in a day..nice hot sun

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

Ай бұрын

That is a tip I have never come across before. Thanks for sharing your method.