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Why can't I find pickling lime with the canning supplies anymore? (Found it at the hardware store!)

 
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We use it for hominy and have for years.
I know ashes work just can't find them fresh and clean and we don't heat with wood anymore.

Seems like it just disappeared from the shelves and no one knows why.

I wondered if it was one of those meth ingredients that are all under the counter around here now

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It used to be with Mrs Wages stuff right by the canning jars and things.
I see it on line when I search for it so I assume it's a local thing in this area.

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There's pickling lyme here in the grocery store, noticed it the other day (I have some, didn't need any.) Perhaps not enough people in your area were using it to make it worth stocking at the stores.

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Folks here are big gardeners and picklers and it's been there for years.
Not many who grow corn and make hominy though so maybe that's what's up and like you say no one was buying it?

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Or they only keep it for cucumber pickling, and have run out for the year?

When I decided I wanted some, I looked at prices, then bought several pounds cheap off the net. Small packages always cost too much for my CheapBitch (tm) style.  Anything I use, I buy in bulk.

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Pearl Sutton wrote:Or they only keep it for cucumber pickling, and have run out for the year?

When I decided I wanted some, I looked at prices, then bought several pounds cheap off the net. Small packages always cost too much for my CheapBitch (tm) style.  Anything I use, I buy in bulk.



It's been gone for two canning seasons both at our local grocery store where it always was and both of the closest wallyworlds.   We checked frequently and asked employees.

I think we're going to try harder to connect with the woodfired bakery here for ash clean out day...any others burning wood near by are likely to throw plastic bags on their fire.

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Weird. At least the cheaper grocery store here carries it. Never looked at the more expensive store, I don't go there often. And Walmart here has only one aisle of food, I don't go down it.

Seems odd you'd not have it for years...
It is available online...

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If your stores have a “Latin American” section you might check there for “cal” which is the Mexican word for lime. It’s usually in the spice section in plastic bag.

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As others said, it sounds like a local/regional stocking choice.  We get our canning supplies at a local hardware store and local garden center that has isles for preservation, they carry jars, lids, crocks, etc.  It may be worthwhile to try a place like that in your area.
 
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Mk Neal wrote:If your stores have a “Latin American” section you might check there for “cal” which is the Mexican word for lime. It’s usually in the spice section in plastic bag.



Second this. Local Latin American market is the only place I was able to get it when the local stores stopped carrying it with the canning supplies.

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Believe it or not we buy it here at our country hardware store.
 
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With using hardwood ashes.... what ratio do you use?  The new book, "Masa" says it is one pound corn and one pound of ashes... tho' he suggests a way to make the ashes into a steeped and strained liquid, so it is easier to clean the grains after nixtamalizing...   Does that make sense with your knowledge of using wood ashes?
 
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Robbie Anderman wrote:With using hardwood ashes.... what ratio do you use?  The new book, "Masa" says it is one pound corn and one pound of ashes... tho' he suggests a way to make the ashes into a steeped and strained liquid, so it is easier to clean the grains after nixtamalizing...   Does that make sense with your knowledge of using wood ashes?



A pound of ashes would be a lot!

I'm not very experienced using ashes...seems the fresher the better though.
The last time we tried 1 cup ashes to 3 cups corn and the skins didn't slip.  Since then I've read to use one part ashes to one part corn (measured by volume not by weight).  Some soak the ashes overnight first and use the strained off water to cook the corn but I have not tried that.

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I finally thought to check for pickling lime at our hardware/feed store after the suggestions here.
We're in there all the time for seeds and misc. stuff and I knew they had canning jars.  Sure enough there were several bags of Mrs.Wages lime and they've had it all along.

Thanks for all the suggestions!

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I had the same problem, no one had it this time of year in November.  I wanted to water glass eggs to have some for when the chickens stop laying for winter.  Used hydrated lime instead, which is calcium hydroxide, same ingredient but may not be food grade.  

With appropriate microbes, minerals and organic matter, there is no need for pesticides or herbicides.

 
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Of course I couldn't find it either, in Seattle.  So I ordered it from Azure Standard, where I was at the time a regular drop customer.
 
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By the way - I know next to nothing about canning, and was curious why anyone would use lime and why it seems to have become a rarity.

The internet of course had an idea:  you're liable to get botulism, if you aren't careful.

Apparently it's an initial treatment, not intended to be part of the pickle juice, and if you fastidiously wash it all off before the pickle goes in the jar, there's no problem.  If any gets in the canning solution, though, it's apt to neutralize the acids that keep the bacteria down.

I use it instead for nixtamal corn treatment.
 
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