Western pickling methods are very simple and chili peppers are pickled in vinegar and pickling salt. Pickling salt is a salt that is used mainly for canning and manufacturing pickles. It is made without iodine or any anti-caking products added. If pickles are made with table salt, they will have dark and cloudy juice, due to the iodide in the salt, although the flavor should be about the same. Pickling salt is very fine grained, to speed up dissolving in water to create brine, so it is useful for any solution which needs salt.
These pickles are used with sandwiches and hot dogs.
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