Making Pickle Using a Glut of Home Grown Vegetables (It'll Be Ready For Christmas)

[@DarthFurie]

This is a very random comment, but I have diagnosed OCD and this gardening/foraging video was really helpful to me. One of my main obsessions that torments me is food contamination and the idea that food will make me sick/kill me. Watching you calmly narrate and continue on as you found a snail in one vegetable and a partially gone off piece of another that you just cut off and continued with was extremely soothing as a person who isn't currently able to consume food that doesn't "look" safe and uncontaminated. I end up throwing away some produce every week because of this, and I hate it (my wallet does too!). I know my fears and disgust aren't rational in any way, but of course anxiety is not rooted in logic at all. The way you were so calm and nonchalant about finding fruits and veggies in their natural state was extremely comforting to me, and will help me to rethink food waste. I appreciate it a lot

[@jpaulc441]

There's an exception to this... removing the visibly mouldy bits from bread doesn't really remove it. By that stage the bread is thoroughly infected.

[@DarthFurie]

​@jpaulc441 I assume that any food I see with visible mold already has lots of invisible mold that I can't see. I also store my bread in the freezer though because I'm traumatized by bread mold 😂

[@ARCHIVED9610]

@@jpaulc441this! i learned the hard way after id already covered the slice in jam, spotted little gray bits. what a waste 😖

[@raymcdonald6734]

Mould really is only a problem/issue in things like fruit and vegetables but cutting the mould off cheese is perfectly safe. It’s mostly foods that are very Porous

[@raymcdonald6734]

Oh and obviously meats and fish! I’m sure you don’t need me to tell you that!

[@sarah123annie]

A recommendation for a glut of runner beans, my parents make Indian spiced runner bean chutney. I am unsure whether this is a recipe my Dad has made up or one he read in a cook book years ago, but without fail he makes some every time he has runner beans in the garden and I go through jars of the stuff. It's amazing with a blue cheese and tomato sandwich and with a left over roast chicken.

[@anjkovo2138]

Oh yes sounds lovely sarah. I will make some. What your recipe? i'd love to know it👍👍

[@bugbuster11]

Just pickling them whole is great too. Especially with hot chili peppers.

[@bettygraham818]

Delia Smith had a recipe for runner bean chutney in Her Christmas cookbook published many years ago. If I remember correctly , she doesn’t claim it as her own

[@Taralu228]

The joy I would feel if I got a jar of Shrimp cottage pickle would be unmeasurable

[@martynehook590]

Didn't realise home made chutney was supposed to mature for a while, somehow my brain has glossed over that in any recipes I've looked at. I always enjoy it anyway but now I'm definitely going to make some to save and open at xmas!

[@salan3]

when I first started making chutneys, I thought like you that they were 'ready for use'. We made some and a few days later tasted it. It was terrible! So vinegary. The rest of the jars were left in the back of the self. Over a year later we found them and opened one before we were going to throw them. It had matured and was fantastic! That started my journey on chutneys and jam making.

[@frenchiestfry9045]

the joys of living in Scotland are that, being north to mr shrimp, videos about seasonal stuff (like elderberries) come out just in time to be of use.

[@KarenBowers4]

I love the small look at the garden as you walked the path to pick elder berries very beautiful. I love making things like this might need to adjust my fruits and vegetables but am going to give this a try for a Christmas unveiling.

[@Absintheskiss]

There is nothing like the smell of cooking chutney wafting through the house. That looks wonderful.

[@FiendishFellow]

You inspired me to start gardening! I've been really enjoying it, and I believe it's been helping my mental health a great deal. I just purchased a little pop-up greenhouse, and it's been so rewarding watching my tomatoes, potatoes and herbs grow. Finally, tasted the first of my cherry tomatoes a few days ago, and they were perhaps the sweetest tomatoes I've ever eaten. Thank you for the videos, they're a continuous source of inspiration for me.

[@anjkovo2138]

Do it. You will love it👍👍

[@mariabegum5289]

I have been eyeing up all the elderberries at the bottom of my garden wondering what to do with them... luckily I have been growing the same things in my garden so I guess thats what I'll be making this weekend. Thank you for posting this recipe video Mike x

[@K.P.Alexander]

You're a braver man than me with your pepper sampling size.

[@martinwyke]

Never thought about adding elderberries to pickle, but they do make an excellent home brew country wine. I've been lacto-fermenting courgettes so much this summer I've used up all my jars.

[@BeaHindebars]

Wow, interesting, I'm always looking for ideas for courgettes.

[@FaceEatingOwl]

Do you pickle the courgettes with anything? Spices, garlic, lemon etc. I made some and they are just a bit weird and boring.

[@martinwyke]

@@FaceEatingOwl Sometimes lemon/lime juice, mixed herbs, whole pepper corns. However this year's glut of courgettes has meant most have been prepared plain.

[@Vimby233]

If you have lots of elderberries have you thought of making Pontack Sauce? It’s very easy to make but you have to leave it to mature for quite a while. I made some a couple of years ago but haven’t tried it yet.

[@josh-v2h]

Hey, Shrimp. I don't often comment but i just wanted to say that thanks to this, I've found the courage to give an attempt at pickling some chillies I had (scotch bonnets mainly). Lets see how it goes.

[@KericthePally]

I did some gardening in pots a few years ago since my house had a concrete yard rather than a garden. Quick tip - if you go to Morrisons supermarket in the UK and hunt around the flower section, they do actually sell the big plastic pots the flowers come in. I used to get maybe 10-20 for 10p each. They are absolutely perfectly sized for a tomato plants and it's great to be able to re-use something that's headed for landfill. Just need to drill holes or heat up a skewer (I used an old soldering iron) and make some drainage holes. I'd just water once a day and feed them once a week and they were happy. Used to grow Gardeners Delight and MoneyMaker varieties and always had enough to make Ketchup and a huge batch of tomato passata for the freezer. Even if you only have a little balcony, you can happily have a tomato plant growing and my word are they delicious fresh.

[@helenmather9722]

I make runner bean chutney every year. It's become a family tradition and they all live it. I do have to make it with cider vinegar though as one of my daughters can't have gluten. Its yummy. Love your videos 😊.

[@agricolaterrae]

Oooh! Elderberries! One of my good friends made us an elderberry mead for our wedding last year: it was a really lovely beverage! We still have a bottle that we're saving for an anniversary.

[@RevJohnBarosa]

Hello again, Mr Shrimp.

[@Emergency_Confetti]

I just wanted to say that I love your videos and recipes. I never really learned to cook and I'm inspired by the things you make! Thank you for sharing this with us, it makes my day!

[@Dreju78]

"...all sorts of things in abundance" You can hear the happiness there! 🙂

[@thany3]

Those little pear-shaped tomatoes are sold here as "candy tomatoes", and they're intended to be eaten just as a snack in between meals. They are quite sweet, similar to cherry tomatoes. We get em at the office along with mini cucumbers, on the snack tables 😋

[@zljmbo]

oooh, that's why they are called grape tomatoes

[@user-ut9vp9ph4m]

I do love a pickle or a chutney, my favourite is green tomato chutney which is a good way to use up all the tomatoes that refuse to ripen at the end of the season

[@GIBBO4182]

I once had a pear chutney with some cheese…sounds weird, tastes wonderful!

[@DarthFurie]

That doesn't sound weird at all, I was at a French restaurant earlier and one of the appetizers was a baked half pear with blue cheese, my friend loved it

[@MxPinky]

Really hoping this pickle will turn out well!! Excited to see the end results

[@thecatherd]

Ah, those elderberries reminded me of when I was a young'un. We had a huge batch of elderberries to get through every year, and it usually got turned into soup. Loved that stuff.

[@Azraelfromgamefax]

The garden looks lovely. And it's like a larder with all the fresh produce

[@dimesRdozen-fe9jt]

Best content on the internet.

[@Dragosteaa]

This man’s life is like a Stardew Valley play through only real

[@sarkybugger5009]

Those super tomatoey tomatoes are probably Sun Gold. They really do have a fantastic flavour, and they're very sweet. I've never seen them in the shops, and the seeds are quite expensive. They're an F1 hybrid, so the seeds are sterile. You'll have to buy more seeds next year. My Nan's elderberry wine was delicious, but she could make wine out of anything, rest her soul.

[@misscelinateloexplica]

Didn't see Christmas coming so soon!! ❤🎉

[@HoaxManTheOne]

i know this is so insignificant but not for me... thanks for the setting expectations part

[@777anarchist]

I make a very similar thing but instead of courgettes and prunes I use fresh plums, and I boil it down to about the half of the original volume. It's good stuff but you have to keep it canned until at least Christmas time.

[@uutdiegodzilla3821]

I couldn't have resisted to sauté the runner beans, onions and tomatos in butter, spiced with garlic, pepper, salt and savoury. That's the vegetarian version of beans with bacon, and it is as tasty as the original! ❤️

[@beethimbles8801]

Love seeing the ‘fruits’ of new shrimp manor

[@samhenwood5746]

My brother loves picking vegetables & every year I get a jar for Christmas,which I love 💕 Thanks Atomic shrimp 🦐🤗

[@_Juhxx_]

it's so nice to hear of Christmas this early!!! my favourite time of the year :)

[@rlmtrelomatt7390]

Enhorabuena por tu maravillosa cosecha. Un saludo🙂

[@xxgeorgiarulezx]

Just wanted to say you've inspired me a lot. Shamefully, I often used to eat frozen premade foods and food from jars etc. Today I made my first home made pies (from scratch of course following your American pie day video)

[@Matt.m6]

I’ve learnt more off Mike and his channel than my actual parents

[@SherryAnnOfTheWest]

Do you make Kimchi or Asian-inspired pickles? It's SO much fun and very easy. I got a 2-piece glass kimchi jar from Amazon and add whatever vegetables I want to ferment plus some cabbage, some gochujang and other spices, garlic, etc. You can make it as spicy as you want and there are so many recipes ... after mine is as "sour" as I want it, I load it up into jars and keep them in the fridge - it lasts a long time. You can also can it ----- give it a try!!!

[@AtomicShrimp]

I've made a few Lacto fermented pickles. I have one going at the moment (video in a couple of weeks probably)

[@lisaboban]

Im from America and the last thing i would call that is a "pickle"! Once again Dr. Shrimp has taught me something new.

[@danielintheantipodes6741]

It looks delicious! Thank you for the video!

[@rowejon]

Elderberries make excellent homemade wine, combined with blackberries is even better.

[@lindaharwood3564]

I am learning so much from you! I'd be interested if you could do a cooking and/or limited budget challenge for those of us who have to limit carbs..... it can be very daunting to figure out how to not spend an arm and a leg and yet still keep our sugar/carb numbers lower. If anyone can do it, it's you, Sir!

[@cliveramsbotty6077]

that last courgette was a perfect candidate worthy of the most honourable 'girthy' prefix

[@MrTheLister]

I really love seeing all of the produce coming out of the garden. I'd be super interested in seeing more of your food recycling too. The composting process and maybe even seeing you set up a worm bin!

[@hamishspencer]

Classic Shrimp, love it!

[@tonijones8646]

Looking forward to the Christmas taste test. Looks yummy.

[@seasmacfarlane6418]

Deep joy inspired by late summer pickling........ I love the Autumn because it heralds Winter and Christmas, my favourite times. I'm about to embark on my usual rowan berry and bramley apple jelly!😊

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

Elderberries are still used in red wine making, maybe not industrially or even for huge productions... but homebrewers use it, liberally, because is does make wine most awesomely profound, round and fruity!

[@arolamorre]

Ace! I especially like the "I'm not going to take the pith out of them" line - very good saturday morning telly vibes.

[@annieclaire2348]

Fabulous bounty! What a great seasonal selection you have produced and delicious batch of preserved foods 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@TheRattyBiker]

Looks like that'll be a lovely chutney / pickle 👍

[@phileo_ss]

Such concentration of various flavours must be incredible.

[@hamwank]

Love to see a vid of your garden

[@zencat55]

A friend of my grandmother's made elderberry wine - it was so delicious!

[@uutdiegodzilla3821]

The new shrimp cottage really is a dream house, isn't it? ❤ And sorry, I have to make a dad joke...just because I heard Eva barking in the background and thought about one of her favourite pastimes! A very long intro, I know. Here it comes: Tell me the only person who's happy to "hit rock bottom"? Okay. I know. It's a cheesy one. 😞But I *had to* make it! 😄

[@FaceEatingOwl]

A carpet swimming, stone connaisseur.

[@uutdiegodzilla3821]

@@FaceEatingOwl And an avid toast tax collector! 😄

[@frippp66]

congratulations on catching those runner beans

[@salan3]

I used to love making pickles, jams, preserves but my wife does not like any. So after taking nearly ten years to eat through my stock I stopped. I do miss it though. I need to make some cucumber pickle (Pam the jam's recipe). with marmalades, I waited until the supermarket had some say grapefruit in the reduced and then make a few jars of jam. Pink grapefruit marmalade is very nice! Lime marmalade home made is so different from shop bought.

[@ricardo-iw9sq]

Every summertime as a kid we would go down the woods and build dens or dams and for food we just went scrumping apples pears plumbs nuts and hand fulls of elderberries, I'm still here 50 year's on, the people's gardens that backed onto the woods didn't like us grabbing the fruit but we could out run most of them 🤭. Hopefully next year I will have my allotment back.

[@rexross4847]

as a canadian with a bad sleep schedule I am honored to be one of the first people to watch your video

[@DarthFurie]

Same but on the East Coast of the US 😂

[@lissanne9769]

I love it when you cook.

[@gigi3242]

a cheese and pickle sandwich, hmmm Thanks for the video, glad your garden is flourishing.

[@pyratehyena1312]

never heard of elderberry or chili in a pickle, but both sound really good. of course I never thought about pickling anything myself, so that might also be a reason. wishing you best of luck with the result.

[@CleopatraSelene2]

Looks delicious can’t wait for the video of when you try it.

[@rlmtrelomatt7390]

Wow I will be trying out a versión of this with the veggies that I can get my hands on. Thank you

[@ShellyS2060]

Using a veggie peeler on runner beans is brilliant. I try to wait until the end of the video to comment, but, that was just🤯. Removing the strings from beans in prep for canning was my most hated chore. So many strings

[@anjkovo2138]

I grow my food at my allotment. Got a great crop of veg & fruit. Making lots of frozen veg, Jars of tomato & basil sauses, Chillie sauces, pickles, Chutneys, jams and ciders, wines etc. I will want for nothing this winter. I highly recommend you all grow your own. Better than supermarket processed foods👍👍🌻🌻🌷🌷🍅🍅

[@matthewdunk]

This is the perfect video for [ frantic twitting ].

[@chalkycherries]

thank you for putting that snail back in the garden :)

[@Raven0306]

Thanks much. Love your show.

[@mrrp405]

funny to see the little snail made its way into the pepper, was having the time of its life in there

[@inge6280]

Reminds me I still have a jar of Branston somewhere

[@ricos1497]

Im glad that you clarified that was your extractor. I watch all your videos whilst sitting on the toilet, so I just assumed it was mine.

[@petertrevena804]

That is good the garden is abundant. And I love pickled food 😁😊👍

[@ChrisWar666]

Ohhhh, pickle without sterilised jars? Something I can make! Yeaayyy

[@smiller6925]

yum! I want to make chutney!! I've been making bread and butter cucumber pickles- which would also work well with your courgettes (?) we call them zucchini. Anyway- turmeric, black pepper, ginger, mustard seed, onion(lots), celery salt or seed. sugar, vinegar. so so so good I water bath can mine - I'm a chicken. I'm here to report that cherry tomatoes can beautifully. Just poke holes (about 4 in each) and put a tablespoon of lemon juice and half teaspoon of salt per pint jar. Pack the cherry tomatoes in with a bit of a squish and water bath about 20 minutes. - summer in a jar

[@jennyferNumberone]

Mr Shrimp... Do you have a favorite in your garden?? 😃 This is my 1st year/time gardening. My favorites are the yellow bell peppers & strawberries... although i have a few watermelons developing. I'm gonna be ecstatic if they fully grow and turn out good 😃🖖✌️👩‍🌾🍉🫑🍓 ... have a great day!

[@AtomicShrimp]

Not really sure if I have a favourite time - there are just lots of lovely moments throughout the year - it's hard to choose

[@TheIantoJones]

Thank you so much! We look forward to trying this ourselves :)

[@Trauson]

I hope Mister Warosa will Appreciate this whenever Christmas comes. Did he manage to wire transfer the goods? Im plenty sure the box will be here by that time then!! So we can celebrate that we are millionaires

[@kimvibk9242]

You too? He just contacted me about it...🤔

[@adamneko]

So, AS, this is a little late in the making, but this evening, after two days of preparation, I have a jar of a mix of peppers and cucumber that I am turning into a lactofermented pickle. Not quite as long as yours tend to ferment, but it is sitting and waiting for at least 2 weeks before I get to try it. Wish me luck.

[@rdefaoite9413]

Looks SCRUMPTIOUS! 😊

[@Transnistrial_ZOV1]

i recently had elderberries for the first time.

[@LeesaDeAndrea]

I've had tomato horn worms on my tomato plants in years past. But this year a few of the fruits had a small worm burrowing inside. Never seen that before. I have no idea what kind of bug they are from. I only grow tomatoes because they are so easy & we love tomatoes. I've had my best crop ever due to several timely rains. I've been freezing the excess to enjoy this winter.

[@_Natalie_Jackson]

I'd love to make this at home. This style of pickle is one my favorites, but it's so hard to source it here in the states. Even Branston is only rarely available at the local markets. I did have a question for you, or anyone in the viewership who might know. I prefer a less sweet pickle, and have diabetes, so would like to decrease the sugar somewhat besides. However, I know the sugar is an important part of the preservation process. Do you happen to know how much I could safely reduce the sugar content without running into issues? I don't want to remove it entirely, but I would definitely like to decrease it fairly substantially. I would appreciate any insight, as I'm not very experienced with pickling or home food preservation in general.

[@tornagawn]

Fortunately in NZ my local supermarket has both small jars of chunky Branston, and big jars of the finer spreadable version.

[@mrtecsom6951]

Will there be any Hello Shrimp 🍤 🎅 pickle for sale outside 🦐 cottage?

[@OldCountryCooks]

Nicely done and great instructions! Have a great week my friend! Chef John & Rebecca

[@deejayy2k]

i work in one of the "big 3" supermarkets and our Christmas puddings arrived yesterday. so not too soon to prep.

[@patricialavery8270]

The pepper looked something like what is called a Fresno or Hungarian Hot Wax.Kind of Medium Hots like Jalapenos.Chutney is a little strange to me,like sweet chili sauce.I have never had pickled beans but I do love 5 bean salad which is a sweet,sour,salty dish with various beans,cooked bacon and a vinegar and sugar sauce.I use the bacon grease for the dressing oil.It's "more better"(as Cajun Cooks say) than oil.

[@deejayk5939]

Beautiful garden!

[@anjkovo2138]

Tomatoes look great Mike👍👍

[@anijaya5360]

you have a lovely garden!

[@SheyD78]

That chutney is going to be fantastic with some good sharp cheddar, or even a bit of crumbly cheshire come christmas. Maybe you could show us making something to put it on when the time comes.

[@keybutnolock]

Thanks for sharing.

[@HendrikOutdoor]

I have to admit that for a second, I found it odd that you weren't discarding the piece of the pepper that the snail had obviously been eating or crawling on, but as you said the simple words "i'm not" I did realise that it really isn't an issue to keep those bits. It may seem "dirty" but when you're heading into such a long cooking process, anything left by the snail will vanish anyway!

[@pennykafai4645]

I do believe we have all of the ingredients in our allotment and dried figs not prunes. We also have just pick up a lot of fallen apples due to the high winds of late- think these will add to the pickle flavour. so it will be a slight variation of you pickle.

[@AtomicShrimp]

Figs are going to be great in there!

[@Blackdeathteal]

Do love a chutney around christmas especially with hame cheese and chutney jaffles ( toasted sandwitches)

[@andrewcoates6641]

When I first read the title of this video, I thought you might have being thinking of making a half of the garden piccalilli, which in my opinion really needs plenty of time to mature before trying.

[@tornagawn]

When tasting chillies, taste the white membrane that supports the seeds (then’placenta’) as that is where the capsaicin resides.

[@AtomicShrimp]

The part I tasted was from the fruit that was right next to it. Usually a pretty good indicator

[@tornagawn]

@@AtomicShrimp Excellent…I once tried entering a ‘chili eating competition’ Round 2 was a raw Habanero..the tip was like a Capsicum, but of course as I hit the seed membrane I realised the error of my ways 😳

[@AtomicShrimp]

Yeah, I did that with a scotch bonnet just last week!

[@johanneswerner1140]

Yes, I get the idea behind the smoother pickle. But it's a shame to not have the gorgeous tomatoes visible! I love elderberry jam, it is really good. Unfortunately we were on holidays when they were ripe. I need to find some trees that are more in the shade. My main source is beyond use.

[@HarveyTheMemus]

Glad I woke up just in time for a new upload!

[@awhite3747]

One note about Atomic Shrimp is that he rarely takes the pith out of things.