Make Your Pickled Cucumbers Even Better With One Umami Addition - Chowhound

Fotema/Shutterstock In the United States, people love chopping up pickles and putting them into sandwiches, cooking with the brine, or eating them straight out of the jar (you do you). You can even grill pickles for a tasty summertime side or place pickles of all shapes and sizes on a broiled salmon burger. The absorbent nature of cucumbers makes them an ideal vegetable to brine, and there's one umami ingredient…