Do pickled fruits taste sour or sweet?

Question

i was just wondering

is the sour taste like a sour apple or a dill pickle?

Answer 1

SWEET


Pickled Peaches
Note: This recipe also works well for pickled apricots and pickled nectarines. Dipping peaches and apricots in boiling water makes skins slip right off.

Ingredients
8 pounds small, firm-ripe peaches (clingstone varieties are best)
1 gallon cold water mixed with 2 tablespoons each pickling salt and white vinegar
2 tablespoons whole cloves (about)

Basic Pickling Syrup
1 quart white vinegar
1 quart water
3 pounds sugar
4 sticks cinnamon, broken and tied in cheesecloth


Instructions


Peel peaches, then dip in water-salt-vinegar mixture to prevent discoloration; leave whole or halve but do not remove pits. Stud each peach with 2 cloves. Place syrup ingredients in a large enamel or stainless-steel kettle and bring to a boil. Add peaches, a few at a time, and simmer, uncovered, 5-7 minutes until barely tender. Remove peaches with a slotted spoon and set aside while cooking the rest.

When all are cooked, bring syrup to a boil and pour over peaches; cover and let stand overnight (this plumps peaches and gives them better flavor).

Next day, wash and sterilize 10 (1-pint) jars and their closures. At the same time, drain syrup from peaches and bring to a boil; discard spice bag. Pack peaches into hot jars, then pour in boiling syrup, filling to within 1/4-inch of the top. Wipe rims, and seal. Process in a hot water bath 10 minutes. Remove jars from bath and secure seals if necessary. Cool, check seals, label, and store in a cool, dark, dry place 4-6 weeks before serving.

Yield: 10 pints (64 servings)

Answer 2

Usually a combination! Kind of like chinese sweet and sour dishes. They all have sugar and vinegar in them so the proportions determine whether the pickle tastes more sour or sweet. This applies not only to pickled fruit but to most all pickles.

Bert.

Answer 3

Pickled means to be preserved in brine (salt water) or vinegar. Pickled fruit can be either, and sometimes both, depending on what was used to pickle them and how much. Naturally if vinegar is used, it will be sour to the taste. Pickled in brine, often with sugar added, makes it sweet, like pickled watermelon or watermelon rind. Some things, such as bread and butter pickles, will be both sweet and sour at the same time.

Answer 4

Pickled peaches taste sour yet still sweet. I have not eaten any other fruit pickled. Well except watermelon rinds, and they are sweet for sure. In fact I was shocked cause I avoided them because it made no sense to me to pickle the rind which doesn't taste good when you bite into it, but I was surprised they were very good.

Answer 5

Both. The level of sweetness is dependent upon what fruit you're talking about and the level of sourness is dependent upon the pickling agent, which is usually vinegar.

Answer 6

Pickled fruits actually have both a sweet and sour flavor, as well as a spicy clove undertaste.

Answer 7

It depends on the recipie. Bread and butter pickles are sweet. I even have a recipie for kool-aid pickels, so it is really whatever you make of it.

Answer 8

the word pickled should have told you the answer

Answer 9

depends on the your pickling spices.