Home Pickling Starter Kit
Ships Nationwide in U.S.
Not eligible for shipping to CanadaIf “hold the pickle” isn’t in your vocabulary but store-bought is all you know, congrats! You’re one step closer to experiencing the joy and ease of making your own pickles. To set you on your pickle-making way, we did what we do best: we hand-picked the best produce out there because let’s be real, a Kirby cuke that lacks snap is a complete and total tragedy. The point is that GREAT pickles start with GREAT ingredients. Once you impress your friends with jewel pink pickled red onions and tangalicious pickled baby carrots, you can’t stop won’t stop.
From its founding by Sharon and Joe Hernandez in 1984 in a small rented room, to its current standing as the U.S.‘s largest distributor of specialty produce with a 280,000 square foot warehouse in Los Angeles, Melissa’s Produce has remained family-run. If you’ve been wondering how world-class restaurants and TV shows like “Top Chef” have been able to track down the world’s best produce…well, the secret’s out. Fresh vegetable and fruit delivery includes flawless baby vegetables; exotic fruits including lychees and Pepino melons (and some you may not have even heard of, like sapotes and tamarillos); and more — you’ve truly never had produce like this.
This package includes
- Kirby Pickling Cucumbers (3 lbs.)
- 2 Red Onions
- 2 bunches Baby Carrots
- 3 Melissa’s Pickling Spice Packs (each approx. 0.5 oz.)
- 2 Pearl Onions
- Recipe Card
- What’s Not Included (but crucial to making pickles)
- Glass mason jars or airtight containers to store your pickles in
- Vinegar (white, red, rice, apple—your choice!)
- Kosher salt (or pickling salt if you want to copy the pros)
- Granulated sugar (honey can do the trick, up to you)
- Items arrive ready to enjoy!
- Upon arrival, store cucumbers and carrots in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
- Upon arrival, store remaining items at room temperature.
To Serve (Yields 1 Quart)
- Prep/slice veggies and place them in a 32 ounce glass mason jar.
- In a medium saucepan, combine 1 cup white vinegar and 1 cup water.
- Add 1 tablespoon Melissa’s Pickling Spices, 1 tablespoon salt and 2 tablespoons granulated sugar. Add more sugar if you prefer a sweeter brine.
- Bring mixture to a boil, stir, and reduce to a simmer for 5 minutes.
- Once the pickling liquid has simmered, remove from heat and let cool to room temperature.
- Pour room temperature pickling liquid into the jar with processed veggies.
- Seal jar and refrigerate for two hours
- Serve and enjoy!
The Produce For Top Chefs
The fruits and vegetables shipped by Melissa’s Produce simply don’t hold a candle to what’s piled high at your local megamart. Flawless baby vegetables; exotic fruits including lychees and Pepino melons (and some you may not have even heard of, like sapotes and tamarillos); sweet Ojai Pixie tangerines; juicy Sapūrana mangoes and Gold pineapples; a selection of banana varieties like Burro and Manzano… you’ve truly never had produce like this.
From its founding in a small rented room to its current standing as America’s largest distributor of specialty produce with a 280,000 square foot warehouse, Melissa’s has remained family-run with a tight-knit family of employees and long-standing relationships with growers around the world. If you’ve been wondering how world-class restaurants and TV shows like “Top Chef” have been able to track down the world’s best produce… well, the secret’s out.
