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SOURCES:

Cleveland Clinic: “6 Health Benefits of Drinking Pickle Juice.”

OSU Extension: “Pickling Vegetables.”

North Dakota State University: “Food Preservation: Making Pickled Products.”

Virginia Cooperative Extension: “Vegetable Fermentation.”

MSU Extension: “Pucker up for a different kind of pickle.”

NC State Extension: “The Perfect Pickled Peaches.”

Colorado State University Extension: “Making Pickles.”

New Mexico State University: “Preparing and Canning Pickled and Fermented Foods at Home.”

Oregon State University Extension: “Fruit Pickles and Chutney.”