April is over and so it’s a wrap for our quick pickle challenge! This month, 202 people submitted their projects and lots more joined the conversation in the Facebook group and on Instagram. As always, it was so much fun for me to see everyone trying new recipes and finding ways to create interesting flavor combinations.
As is so often the case in these monthly challenges, there was a huge amount of space to move and explore within the confines of the topic. And while it appears that the most popular things to quick pickle were cucumber, cauliflower, eggs, and red onions, you guys managed to pickle more than 30 different fruits, vegetables, and protein (primarily chicken and quail eggs).
As you can see in the image above, a little less than half of you made just one batch of pickles. The remainder of you let the challenge inspire you throughout the month and you made many more batches. It’s a lot of quick pickles and I couldn’t be more pleased!
This pair of images tells us that while many of you were already feeling quite friendly towards quick pickling, even more participants are happy with the way their projects turned out.
Alliums
- Pickled Red Onions – Merry Meeting Menus
- Quick Pickled Red Onions – First Things First
- Quickly Pickled Onions – Les Campagnonades
- Quick Pickled Garlic – Southern with a Twist
- Quick Pickled Ramps – jencooksvt
- Quick Pickled Red and Cocktail Onions – Jeanne-Marie Hagan
- Quick Pickled Red Onions – Candace
- Quick Pickled Red Onion – Southern with a Twist
- Pickled Red Onions – Cathy Samko
- Quick Pickled Red Onion Slivers – Hungry, Hungry, Happy
- Mexican Quick Pickled Red Onions – mignyc
- Taco Topper Pickled Red Onions – southern fried yankees
- Quick Pickled Red Onions (in a pretty Weck jar!) – Hannah Sanford
- Pickled Pearl Cocktail Onions – Will Graves
Brassicas
- Pickled Cauliflower, Two Ways – My Bit of Earth
- Quick Pickled Broccoli – Cooking with Mary and Friends
- Pickled Red Cabbage – Hip Roof Barn
- Broccoli and Carrots – Lauren Penney
- Red Cabbage Quick Pickled Salad – The Pit Stop BBQ
- Cloud Pickles – Jen Carr
Cucurbits
- Quick Cucumber Pickles – Cookin Mum’s Culinary Adventures
- Zucchini Bread and Butter Pickle Chips – My Imperfect Kitchen
- Overnight Refrigerator Pickles – One Hungry Mama
- Quick Pickled Cucumbers – Love & Wild Honey
- Quick Pickles with Fresh Dill – My Savory Spoon
- Spicy Quick Pickled Cucumbers – Sidewalk Shoes
- Refrigerator Dill Pickles – Casula Mellita
- Refrigerator Pickles – Katherine Dowdell
- Quick Cucumber Pickle Spears – Abbiecooks
- Garlic Dill Pickle Chips – Subcultural Farmgirl
- Sweet and Spicy Squash Pickle – quantumhollapena
- Quick Pickled Courgettes – Lavender and Lime
- Basic Cucumber Dills – Stephanie Beauchamp
- Big Bowl of Pickles (in a jar) – PDX Leslie
- Spicy Quick Pickled Cucumbers – Danita
Grasses and Asparagus
- Quick Pickled Corn – uncanny_preserves
- Quick Pickled Corn Salad – The Pit Stop BBQ
- Quick Asparagus Pickles – Grace Lee
- Old Bay Asparagus – Putting Up with Erin
- Quick Pickled Asparagus – sam8371
Fruit
- Quick Pickled Mandarin Segments – BLDRNRPDX
- Quick Pickled Strawberries – East of Eden Cooking
- Green Almond Pickle – Bubble Tea for Dinner
- Pickled Pineapple – Kate Locke
- Quick Pickled Strawberries – Melissa Palmer
- Indonesia-style Spicy Pickled Pineapple – Southern Fried Yankees
- Pickled Apples with Honey, Ginger, and Cinnamon – Kim Lewandowski
Legumes
- Refrigerator Dilly Bean – The Scholarly Redneck
- Quick Pickled Dilly Beans – My Catholic Kitchen
- Three Bean Super Quick Pickle Salad – The Pit Stop BBQ
- Quick Pickled Green Beans – mrileyesh
- Mung Bean Sprout Quick Pickle – Food Swap Silicon Valley
Mixes and Medleys
- Quick Pickled Vegetables – Thoughts and Reflections
- Quick Pickled Vegetables – Merry Meeting Menus
- Vegetables Pickled à la Grecque – Prospect the Pantry
- Quick Pickled Leftover Veg – victrola242
Nightshades
- Pickled Peppers and Onions – Cookin Mum’s Culinary Adventures
- Quick Pickled Cherry Tomatoes – Gone Walkabout 2
- Quick Pickled Sweet Peppers – Brit in the South
- Pickled Green Tomatoes – Love & Olive Oil
- Italian Pickled Eggplant – Heidi Graham
- Pickled Peppers – Laurie Salmon
- Honey Pickled Eggplant – breakfast quest
- Taqueria-style Jalapenos and Carrots – Shelly Bee
Proteins
- Red Beet Eggs – The Artisanry of Acorn Cottage
- Pickled Eggs – Knit at Nite
- Beet Juice Pickled Eggs – Merry Meeting Menus
- Jalapeno Pickled Eggs – Beverly Calhoun
- Multi-colored Pickled Eggs – She’s Almost Always Hungry
- Turmeric and Beet Pickled Eggs – Prospect the Pantry
- Quick Pickled Quail Eggs – Tesla Anomaly
- Beet and Turmeric Eggs – Purlewe An
- Mustard and Beet Pickled Eggs – Brianna
- Red Beet Egg Pickles – Lindsay L
Roots & Umbelifers
- Quick Pickled Peas and Carrots – Cooking with Mary and Friends
- Pickled Fennel with Orange – RuyaSonic
- Pickled Radishes (and onions) – Knittygirl2
- Pickled Golden Beet Slices – cskempf
- Quick Pickled Chioggia Beets – icewerks
- Quick Pickled Radishes – Southern with a Twist
- Quick Pickled Ginger Carrots – Lynne Curry
- Ginger and Carrot Quick Pickles – Mauka Girl Creations
- Quick Pickled Carrots (and asparagus) – Shades of Bliss
- Radish Slices with Scallions and Ginger – Boudreaux Hund
- Orange & Thyme Beets – Leslie-Ann Miller
- Quick Pickled Roasted Beets – The Pit Stop BBQ
- Lemony Pickled Carrots – Seed to Pantry
- Spicy Root Veg Pickles – Victory Canning
- Quick Pickled Radishes and Roasted Carrots – Sandra Guillory
- Dueling Quick Root Vegetable Pickles – Jenn Spinosi
- Do Chua – Will Graves
What a great way to get people involved and excited about pickling! Do you guys do this challenge every month? I am definitely interested in participating! Can I continue to keep an eye on your blog for more information on the next mastery challenge? I love pickling onions, carrots, and many other vegetables. I have yet to try fruit though! First time for everything.