Pickling Lime?

[Dace]

I would like to make a NT style corn bread but I can not find pickling lime. I checked walmart and the grocery.....I am guessing it is gone until next canning season?

 

[TanksHill]

Dace,
I am not sure if Smart and Final carries the pickling lime but they do have canning supplies year round. Maybe give them a call.

gina

 

[Dace]

Oh cool! I will be right next to one today when I hit Target.

Thanks Gina!

 

[patandchickens]

IME pickling lime is hard to find (in many parts of the country at least).

In some regions it seems to live with the spices (in a broad sense, like also cream of tartar and baking powder and so forth), so that is another part of the supermarket to look in, just in case.

You may have to mail-order it, though.

Good luck, have fun,

Pat

 

[freemotion]

Wild Fermentation has instructions for corn using sifted ashes from a hardwood fire. I plan to try it when life calms down a bit...You might also find the pickling lime at a hardware store that sells canning supplies. I can get it a my local Ace stores year round.

 

[Dace]

My Smart & Final did not have any canning stuff.

Thanks for the tip Pat, this may turn out as elusive as that darn washing soda.

Free, we occasionally burn paper in our outside fireplace (inside is gas) I will make a note to try and grab some ashes after we get it cleaned out and before more paper goes in.