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East Side New York Half-Sour Pickles

From Eat, Enjoy! The 101 Best Jewish Recipes in America:

30 -35 small kirby cucumbers
2 quarts water
1/2 cup salt
3 ounces pickling spices
3 garlic cloves, smashed

Directions:
1 Fill a 1-gallon jar with cucumbers; set aside.
2 In a separate container, mix together water, salt, pickling spices, and garlic.
3 Pour over cucumbers and then cover with waxed paper to keep cucumbers in the solution.
4 Leave out for 2 weeks without refrigeration!

Food.com

h/t Michael Haz

Haz's description, "Half sour pickles are fermented rather than cooked like most other pickles. The flavor is quite a bit different that a regular pickle," is intriguing. The above link was provided by him.

It reminds me of my grama's sauer kraut which was mild yet yummy. She once wrote down the recipe for me, which was basically, pack a jar tightly with shredded cabbage, add one-half teaspoon salt on top, close jar (can't remember if it was tightly or loosely; probably loosely). I can't remember the waiting time, but whenever I came across it, I was like, 'that's it? No boiling?' I had that recipe a long time, but recently did not find it when going through my recipe box. It's probably still there, I just missed it. 

I have both of my late grandmothers' recipe collections. They look, similar. Jumbled stacks of recipe cards, variously-sized pieces of paper with recipes written by them or others, recipes torn from boxes, recipe pamphlets from food companies. 

Extended adolescence

This excerpt from Slate ties in well with Haz's 9:30 AM Six Harsh Truths:

"Amy (not her real name) sat in my office and wiped her streaming tears on her sleeve, refusing the scratchy tissues I’d offered. “I’m thinking about just applying for a Ph.D. program after I graduate because I have no idea what I want to do.” Amy had mild depression growing up, and it worsened during freshman year of college when she moved from her parents’ house to her dorm. It became increasingly difficult to balance school, socializing, laundry, and a part-time job. She finally had to dump the part-time job, was still unable to do laundry, and often stayed up until 2 a.m. trying to complete homework because she didn’t know how to manage her time without her parents keeping track of her schedule.

I suggested finding a job after graduation, even if it’s only temporary. She cried harder at this idea. “So, becoming an adult is just really scary for you?” I asked. “Yes,” she sniffled. Amy is 30 years old.

Her case is becoming the norm for twenty- to thirtysomethings I see in my office as a psychotherapist. I’ve had at least 100 college and grad students like Amy crying on my couch because breaching adulthood is too overwhelming.

In 2000, psychologist Jeffrey Arnett coined the term “emerging adulthood” to describe extended adolescence that delays adulthood.* People in their 20s no longer view themselves as adults. There are various plausible reasons for this, including longer life spans, helicopter parenting [parents that hover, controlling all aspects of their child's upbringing], and fewer high paying jobs that allow new college grads to be financially independent at a young age.

Millennials do have to face some issues that previous generations did not. A college degree is now the career equivalent of what a high school degree used to be. This increases the pressure on kids to go to college and makes the process more competitive. The sluggish economy no longer yields a wealth of jobs upon graduation...

The big problem is not that they think too highly of themselves. Their bigger challenge is conflict negotiation, and they often are unable to think for themselves. The overinvolvement of helicopter parents prevents children from learning how to grapple with disappointments on their own. If parents are navigating every minor situation for their kids, kids never learn to deal with conflict on their own. Helicopter parenting has caused these kids to crash land..."

Slate

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This is a first world problem, and if things are bad now, imagine this troubled generation moving up the rungs of power in our hyper-tech, socially net-worked society.

What the Muslim Brotherhood Wants

"The Muslim Brotherhood, founded in 1928, came to power a year ago when Morsi was elected in the country's first free presidential elections. The election came after the overthrow of autocrat Hosni Mubarak in a popular uprising in 2011.

The fundamentalist group has been banned for most of its 85-year history and repeatedly subjected to crackdowns under Mubarak's rule. While sometimes tolerated with its leaders allowed to be part of the political process, members regularly faced long bouts of imprisonment and arbitrary detentions.