Gypsy Pickle

Start with some root vegetables from your farmers market. I chose chioggia beets, black radish, watermellon radish and purple turnip. I also used turmeric root and a few yellow beets and red beets for a more dramatic color. Then I steeped some herbs and spices in vinegar. One batch for the yellow beet and tumeric colored pickles with Spanish moscatel vinegar. Another batch with Turkish mulberry vinegar for the red beet dyed pickles. Turkey and Spain. BIg stops on the Gypsy trail. I used allspice, fresh marjarom, garlic, bay leaf, black pepper and dried cayenne peppers. I simmered the spices in a mixture of water and vinegar before covering the vegetables with the liquid in jars. I add a bunch of salt then boil the jars for a minute and let them sit out at room temperature for about 12 days.

Tune: Gitano Te Quiero by Camarón de la Isla
Listen to the dueling guitars of Tomatito and Paco de Lucia on this track. It sounds like two wizards casting spells on each other over a cauldron at a caravan campfire at midnight. They make lightning bolts dance together and the wind carries the sound across the Strait of Gibraltar. I have posted this song sometime before in the past. Grab it now and listen if you are not familiar with Camarón de la Isla one of the greatest singers of all time.

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