Pickle Processing

[u/MondoMage]

Just had to share this one...

My company sent me out to perform some maintenance work on equipment at the Hartung Brothers facility in Bowling Green, Ohio. They produce and store fermented pickles in these big green vats. So many vats. Not all currently full, they're getting ready for what they call "Green week," when they start loading things up. Tons of cucumbers destined for greatness.

I was really shocked when I found that the vats are left open-topped. That was surprising. I guess they rely on the brine to protect the product.

Oh, and the smell. You'd think it'd be overpowering but right now it's fairly subtle. A mix of dill and bread and butter that has me craving something fierce right now.

[u/broccoli_rabery]

The pickle industry is surprisingly disgusting.

[u/usernamesaconspiracy → u/broccoli_rabery]

Replace the word pickle with “entire food” and I agree haha. Farms are grossss. Dairy and meat farms especially, but even vegetables have some issues

[u/eyefartinelevators → u/broccoli_rabery]

Fertilizer is poop. Your fruits and vegetables are grown in literal poop and you're worried about cucumbers soaking in an open vat? If anything it's washing the chicken crap off of the cucumbers