Comments on: Celebs Eat Just Like Us: Mindy Kaling’s Chicken Banh Mi Fixings

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:20:18 +0000

(a) I love my girl Mindy Kaling! Can’t wait to read the new book.
(b) I totally do that same pickling trick when I’m making banh mi and the like at home. It works!

By: erica

erica — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:19:45 +0000

oops, i didn’t mean to water bath fridge pickles. that would be weird.

ps – <3 ya!

By: gansie

gansie — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:17:57 +0000

my brother and dad often make pickles, so yes, i know its easy. and you’re right. i should be putting up my summer food. thank you for the gentle nudge.

By: erica

erica — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:14:48 +0000

ok, gansie? real pickling is the easiest thing ever. EVER. and once you make your own pickles? you’ll never want store-bought ones again. they are the weird. the gross, i would venture to add.

also, i gotta say, i hear you guys moan n groan about locavores being stuck with squashes and roots the whole winter, but if you canned some of that summer shit, you’d be eating locavore IN THE WINTER. BOOM. canning is the way you do that.

just stickin’ up for canning, and fridge pickles alike, which are so NOT hard, for real. i’ll bet the first couples times you pull the jars out of the water and hear those satisfying “ping!”s you’ll be hooked.