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Can anyone recall Rig extolling the virtues of drinking pickle juice for health?

Anyway, as a result I started eating them and using the juice in my daily salad, along with the chopped gherkins πŸ₯’.

I was thumbing through my Dan Leppard bread book the other day and there’s a recipe for pickle bread My nephew got me the rye flour, which has to be toasted in the oven first. Note to self: not the fan oven πŸŒͺπŸ‘€. So, I’m giving it a go later 😜

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AlMorrHalf Marathon

Years ago I used to be served pickles for my evening meal but if drinking pickle juice is healthy for you all the better, it should help you a lot with your running.

By all means give pickle bread a try, I am sure you will like it. 😊

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roseabiUltramarathon

Pickle juice is thought to help with muscle cramps, and there's an interesting hypothesis that the reason for this is to do with neural responses to the taste!

I took a dill pickle with me on the Beachy Head Marathon a couple of years ago, and ate it when I started to get abs cramp. Not sure if it helped because just after I ate it I had to walk up a steep hill, an action that also helps with my abs cramps. But the pickle was really really tasty at least! 😊😊😊

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linda9389AdministratorMarathonβ€’ in reply toroseabi

I now have an image of you trotting along with a big pickle in your hand instead of a water bottle ... πŸ˜€

roseabi profile image
roseabiUltramarathonβ€’ in reply tolinda9389

Not far wrong πŸ˜„

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linda9389AdministratorMarathonβ€’ in reply toroseabi

In front of the cameras next time please πŸ˜€

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roseabiUltramarathonβ€’ in reply tolinda9389

🀣 OK

Actually I wished I had a pickle today, terrible abs cramp!!!

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linda9389AdministratorMarathonβ€’ in reply toroseabi

πŸ˜• hope you're feeling much better now - it sounded like a most uncomfortable run.

Today I stepped on a thorn at work. About an inch long. Straight thru the sole of my shoe and right into the underside of my big toe joint. It is close to agony πŸ˜ͺ. Swollen. Hot. I'm munching painkillers and using out of date antiseptic πŸ™„. Cannot believe it! Why???? Grrrrr!!! Better not feel like this tomorrow.

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roseabiUltramarathonβ€’ in reply tolinda9389

OMG!!!! πŸ˜₯ Feel better! xxx

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IrishprincessAdministratorHalf Marathon

Yes I remember this. Apparently very good for cramp. You must let us know how the pickle bread works out....

Wonder what Rig is up to these days...... πŸ€”

roseabi profile image
roseabiUltramarathonβ€’ in reply toIrishprincess

He pops up on the Facebook group fairly regularly 😊

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misswobbleMarathonβ€’ in reply toIrishprincess

It was lovely. It was mostly rye flour, which had to be toasted in the oven first. It wasn’t a soft, pillowy white but a lovely dark, chewy, tasty result. Worthy of a posh bread basket

I made rye lentils rolls too which were way tasty too.

I’ll make both again πŸ˜‹

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IrishprincessAdministratorHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply tomisswobble

Ooh that sounds lovely! I don’t eat much bread but when I do I love different flavours - might have to try that one. I take it you couldn’t taste the pickle juice?

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misswobbleMarathonβ€’ in reply toIrishprincess

The dill pickle juice is fragrant It’s good vinegar, not at all tart. Some cheap vinegars make you screw your face up don’t they Dill pickles and cornichons are in decent vinegar, even the inexpensive ones

You add fresh dill too. I used a recipe from Dan Leppard.

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JonathanP10 Miles

Interesting - I love pickles but have never tried this. As it's acidic I guess you could mix it with some nice olive oil and and make a salad dressing !πŸ₯—

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misswobbleMarathonβ€’ in reply toJonathanP

I just tip it into my salad straight from the jar, onto a goodly blob of homemade mayo, then stir πŸ₯—πŸ₯„

I didn’t realise it was for cramp πŸ™‚

linda9389 profile image
linda9389AdministratorMarathon

Not the fan oven 🀣🀣🀣

(pickle juice is too vile for me to contemplate)

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misswobbleMarathonβ€’ in reply tolinda9389

I thought so til I’d tried it. Dill is lovely and it’s the main thing you taste. Decent vinegar in them too rather than the stuff which chokes one πŸ™‚πŸ˜ƒ

linda9389 profile image
linda9389AdministratorMarathonβ€’ in reply tomisswobble

But you eat peanut butter too ... I think your tastebuds are different to mine 🀣

misswobble profile image
misswobbleMarathonβ€’ in reply tolinda9389

I used to hate pickles and PNB. 😁

linda9389 profile image
linda9389AdministratorMarathonβ€’ in reply tomisswobble

Maybe I'll grow up one day too πŸ€ͺ

misswobble profile image
misswobbleMarathonβ€’ in reply tolinda9389

I hated avocado too. I eat it readily now. I think it can only be because my eating habits changed as I lost weight and stopped eating as much sweet stuff and alcohol

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linda9389AdministratorMarathonβ€’ in reply tomisswobble

I hated avocado until my 30's, but love it now. However, I'm still firmly stuck in the 'sweet stuff and alcohol phase of life'. Disciplined running and riding is helping me maintain my weight without daily calorie counting. Perhaps if I add a personal threat to have to eat PB and dill pickle juice if I cross the 'red line', then I'll never need to diet again 🀣🀣🀣

Decker profile image
DeckerUltramarathon

I’m sadly the only one in my family that likes pickles. Never tried one on a run tho!

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Beachcomber66AdministratorHalf Marathon

Might help with social distancing too. πŸ™‚

Curlygurly2 profile image
Curlygurly2Half Marathon

There's a certain following for drinking pickle juice amongst the keto community...

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Curlygurly2Half Marathonβ€’ in reply toCurlygurly2

Where is Rig anyway? Haven't seen anything from him in yonks....

roseabi profile image
roseabiUltramarathonβ€’ in reply toCurlygurly2

He doesn't use HU any more, but he can often be found on the Beyond C25K Facebook group:

facebook.com/groups/BeyondC25K

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Curlygurly2Half Marathonβ€’ in reply toroseabi

Thank you Roseabi, I was just thinking of this group yesterday, I used to be in it, but must have left...very useful thank you xx

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misswobbleMarathonβ€’ in reply toCurlygurly2

Oh, there must be something in it then.

Focaccia bread could be made with gherkins instead of or with olives? Possible new flavour for a running energy gel? Great thread!

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misswobbleMarathonβ€’ in reply to

Olives! Another food I detested but which I now eat πŸ™‚

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OldflossAdministrator

Pickle bread sounds delicious, I have done onion bread... and a great beer bread too!

Not cure about the juice but others seem to know about it...I do love the taste of it when having dill pickle though, so maybe?

Let us know how the bread is please:)

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misswobbleMarathon

I need fresh dill too for the recipe too. Not being able to shop for it I’ve sown some at home. There might be some on the weedy allotment. I can have a look next week when I met freeeeeeeeee I sowed some on my plot Years back and you only ever need do it once πŸ™‚. It’s used to make gripe water doncha know πŸ‘

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