Basic Pickling
This recipe is sufficient to pickle three cantaloupes, two medium pumpkins, or two pounds of pearl onions.
Martha Stewart Living, November 2002
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Before pickling, peel the items, and cut into slightly larger than one-inch chunks; pearl onions can be left whole. To peel pearl onions, drop them in boiling water for one minute, and then drain in a colander. When cool enough to handle, slip off the papery skins.