I love the taste of gherkins/pickles, but when I wanted to buy some recently I found that every jar in the supermarket contained green food colouring. That's when I decided that I'd better grow my own, because I wasn't going to buy any of them! a pickling cucumber With my own pickles, I can use a lactic fermentation rather than pickling with vinegar. I did later find a jar of vinegar pickles at the markets that didn't contain green food colouring, and this has kept me going until I could make my own, however I would rather eat lactic fermented pickles than vinegar pickles if I have the option. What's the difference between lactic fermented pickles and vinegar pickles? Lactic fermentation is the traditional method of preserving vegetables using naturally occurring lactic acid bacteria to partially digest the vegetables and produce additional nutrients. This also increases the acid content of the brine, which acts to preserve the vegetables against inf...