What is Pickling ?

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Acid protects food from decay by preventing bacterial growth. Because vinegar is a mild acid, it protects food by creating a thin coating around food to prevent bacterial attacks , called pickling.

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Description : Vinegar is used as a condiment, and in the pickling of vegetables and other foods. What is the constituent of vinegar? (1) Butanoic acid (2) Methanoic acid (3) Ethanoic acid (4) Hexanoic acid

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Last Answer : Biochemistry is not a mystery.

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Last Answer : Will it wash off................if not trim it off and cut it in slices and see if it is inside............

Description : why would garlic turn blue after pickling?

Last Answer : I would open & taste one.............too much vinegar or salt or not enough..........?

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Description : Sulphuric acid pickling tanks are lined with (A) Nickel (B) Rubber (C) Aluminium (D) Glass

Last Answer : (B) Rubber

Description : Which microorganisms are involved in the pickling process in food production?

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Description : The main use of HCl is in the (A) Drilling of petroleum wells and pickling of steel sheets (B) Manufacture of cationic detergent (C) Treatment of spent fuel of nuclear reactor (D) None of these

Last Answer : (A) Drilling of petroleum wells and pickling of steel sheets

Description : Oxide layer formed on the non-ferrous metal surface after its annealing is (A) Removed by acid pickling (B) Hammered into the surface (C) Removed with coarse emery cloth

Last Answer : Option A

Description : The process of removal of scale formed during hot rolling of steel is termed as (A) Descaling (B) Shot blasting (C) Pickling (D) Skimming

Last Answer : Option C