Keep refrigerated · Small batch
Ready in 7 days
A Reasonable Amount
of Care*
Looking after your jar
* Mostly just the fridge.
- Keep it in the fridge
- These are fridge pickles, not canned ones. Nothing about them is shelf-stable, so the jar lives in the fridge from the day it's packed to the last spear.
- Wait a week
- They're ready about 7 days after the date on the label. The flavor keeps building through that first week, so an early spear is a preview, not the real thing.
- The packed date
- The date written next to PACKED is the day the jar was made. Count the week from there, and the rest of its life too.
- About 6 weeks
- A jar keeps for about 6 weeks in the fridge from its packed date. Keep the spears under the brine and use a clean fork, not fingers.
- Blue garlic
- Chopped garlic can turn blue or green in vinegar. It's a harmless reaction between the garlic and the acid. The pickles are fine, and so is the garlic.
- When to let it go
- If the brine turns slimy, it smells wrong, or anything fuzzy appears, throw the jar out. A new one is free.