Quote Originally Posted by Mercula View Post
Pickles came out awesome ! Can't wait for the next batch. We also got some stuff from ball called "pickle crisp ", anybody use it before ? I've read just to lower your salt a bit when using it.
I think it is Calcium Chloride. I'm sure it would add some nutritional value.

What I have been using is a handful of Grape Leaves in each batch of my pickles. Although I do the the old fashioned way, I have read that you can put a couple leaves in each jar to help with keeping them crispy.