Kelp Pickles
By: Kevin Tu
Published: Friday, December 10, 2010 - 1:02am

Preparation

1 Kelp pickles are not hard to make-in most cases you can do it just using a regular pickle recipe. Some of the best pickles, in a pleasing "ring" 2 Shape, can be made with small stipes (stalks) of the Nereocystis 3 "bullwhip" kelp which is common in Washington and British Columbia. 4 Likely if your light station is a rocky island it is ringed by a 5 "forest" of bullwhip kelp. 6 Here is a recipe for sweet kelp pickles that I have found very successful: 2 quarts of hollow Nereocystis bulbs and stipes cut about 1/2" long 2 C sugar or 1 1/2 C honey2 tsp each of celery seed, turmeric, mustard seed, and pickling spice 1 medium onion sliced1 tsp salt1 clove garlic or 1/4 tsp powdered garlic 1 1/2 C white vinegar 7 Combine all ingredients and let stand 3 hours. Heat to boiling and seal in hot jars. Needs no further processing. For a more tart pickle, decrease sugar.