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May I use waxed cucumbers for pickling?


Waxed cucumbers are not suitable for pickling because the pickling solution cannot penetrate the wax.
 

 

Barbara Willenberg, Nutritional Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last update: Tuesday, May 05, 2009

 

 


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