18 Pickle Recipes That Are A Big Dill

Preserve the season.

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Vinegar + water + sugar + a thing to pickle.

Those are the four basic ingredients you need when it comes to preserving — or pickling — delicious eats. If you're fortunate enough to find yourself with a glut of asparagus, a few bins of blueberries: Pickling's the answer. Here are 18 ways to get started.

1. Quick Cucumber and Shiso Pickles

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Shiso and pickles should hang out more often. Get the recipe.

2. Pickled Asparagus

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Preservation at its best. Get the recipe.

3. Simple Pickled Slaw

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Your hot dog condiments just got a major upgrade. Get the recipe.

4. Zuni Cafe Zucchini Pickles

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Yet another solution to the question: What to do with all of those zucchini? Get the recipe.

5. Pickled Blueberries with Rosemary Sprigs

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A makeover for your not-so-hot blueberries. Get the recipe.

6. Five-Spice Pickled Carrots

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Just looking at these pretty carrots makes me want to eat them. Get the recipe.

7. Bread & Butter Pickles

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Your next meal's bread & butter. Get the recipe.

8. Pickled Watermelon Radishes

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A great discovery, an even better pickle, and what to do with your latest C.S.A haul. Get the recipe.

9. Sweet Pickled Chipotles, Just Like the Pilgrims Ate

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This beats your usual chipotle order. Get the recipe.

10. Spicy Indian Mango Pickle

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Put unripe mangoes to use. Get the recipe.

11. Quick Pickled Apples

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Your new autumn condiment, garnish, sandwich-topper, or snack. Get the recipe.

12. Quick Hot Pickled Peppers

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Red hot pickled peppers coming in a venue near you. Venue meaning your kitchen. Get the recipe.

13. Spicy, Savory & Sweet Watermelon Rind Pickles

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The way to preserve the watermelon scraps you aren't eating anyway -- and keep them all year long. Get the recipe.

14. Pickled Ginger

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Pickled ginger steps out of wasabi's overbearing shadow. Get the recipe.

15. Gingered Beet Pickles

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Preserve summer's bounty. Get the recipe.

16. Pickled Peas

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Easy peasy. Get the recipe.

17. Giardiniera (Italian Pickled Vegetables)

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A new addition to your antipasto platter. Get the recipe.

18. Pickled Strawberry Jam

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Pickles and jam walk down the aisle. Get the recipe.

Riddley Gemperlein-Schirm contributed to this post. For more, visit Food52.