- Hi, I'm Beryl and the theme
for today's video is pickled red onions.
They are very, very easy to make
and literally go on everything.
(drum roll)
Oh, what's that?
Is this another song break?
It is.
(laughs)
♪ On a salad, an omelet, croissant if you want it, ♪
♪ A sandwich, of course, yeah that's great. ♪
♪ On hot dogs or tofu, on tacos you want to, ♪
♪ Believe me, it makes me salivate. ♪
♪ There's really no way you can make these here stay, ♪
♪ You'll eat them almost every day. ♪
♪ Trust me I know. ♪
♪ I'm obsessed with them, so I've decided ♪
♪ To show you the way. ♪
(laughs)
You guys egged me on.
You said it was okay to sing in that other video
This is what you get.
(laughs)
We have fun.
I don't know if you're still here.
If you're still here, great.
You're gonna learn how to make them.
The artist for today is Audrey Moore.
She is an illustrator from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
She does a lot of illustrations about queer identity
and black queer femme identity.
I'm gonna leave a link to all of her URLs,
yada yada yada in the description.
And with that let's pickle some onions.
I think that to make really good pickled red onions
you need a slicer like this.
The thing you have to be careful
of is not cutting off the tops of your fingers.
I have done that before.
I also think that using red onions is better
than just using white onions,
there's a difference of flavor, I would say.
The nice thing about this slicer as well is you get
these very even, thin cuts.
Okay, see, I'm using the protective device now
because I realized, lead by example.
(laughs)
So, I'm now going to make the brine
that we're going to do this quick pickle in.
You can take any sort of jar.
You just want it to be airtight jar
and you can use white vinegar, apple cider vinegar,
champagne vinegar, the key is just use vinegar.
You're gonna put in sugar and salt.
The ratios are gonna be in the description
so that you can follow along for real.
You want to stir them until it completely dissolves
and then pack in the onion and you want
to pack it in quite tight,
so it's like really smushed in there
and then top it with water.
I'm adding a couple of peppercorns just
because I want to.
Seal it and kind of shake it up a little bit
and you want to leave it on the counter for at least an hour
and then put it in the fridge and you're ready.
For my salad, the key for me is just tons and tons
of vegetables and I'm using the Sriracha tofu
that I'm obsessed with.
You can make it yourself or buy it from Trader Joe's.
As for plating, I don't know,
do I explain how to make a salad?
Okay, lettuce, and then bada bing, bada boom,
vegetables, tofu.
I'm adding a little bit of feta,
this everything but the bagel that I make,
Oh, and here are the pickled red onions.
They look so good.
Oh, and I'm adding grape leaves
because I'm currently obsessed with them.
And this is the dressing that I like.
Salad without dressing is sad.
I'm not playing that game.
And look at this beauty.
She is beauty and grace.
She is Miss Salad States.
Okay, first of all, isn't it incredible how easy it is
to make pickled red onions?
Also, I just really believe that if a salad looks
like a rainbow, it'll be easier to eat.
I feel like when you don't,
when people have those like really sad salads
like shutterstock of like sad woman with salad,
that's what I always think about.
Anyway, I never wanna be that.
I wanna be women laughing with salad.
(laughs)
Did I look right?
Anyway, onions, oh my God, they're perfect.
They're amazing.
They go on everything.
Don't make me do the song again.
Sriracha tofu is actually really easy to make, like I said,
but if you can buy it,
cause you have a Trader Joe's near you, buy it.
Okay, let's answer some questions.
Whoa, okay, how did you meet your hubby?
I met him on a dating app.
This was my profile.
Would you have clicked on me?
Oh my god, it's really cheesy,
but yeah, we met on a dating app.
What is Asha eating?
Is Asha eating string?
What's the vegetable you consider highly underrated?
I don't, what vegetables are underrated?
I'm not really sure.
I guess like some of my favorite vegetables
that I don't see often enough,
probably Hearts of Palm, those are really good.
What made me go into this profession?
There are a lot of questions actually about like me
and video and I'm just going to do
that like really annoying YouTube thing and refer you
to another YouTube video that I made about this.
How I got into video video,
I talked about like where I went to school
and how I got into video, yada yada, yada
and it was a fun video, so you should watch it
and it doesn't have that many views.
Is it difficult to learn to cook?
No, I mean, I don't think so.
I think that a lot of people put a lot of stress
on themselves to be like good at cooking,
but cooking is just about having something taste good
for you, right?
So you just keep adding spice and salt until you like it.
What's your Starbucks order?
Cold brew, oat milk, one Splenda.
What's the furthest distance you've ever run?
I'm running a marathon in October.
I'm running a marathon in October, oh my God, hi.
The furthest I ever got was 16.03 miles.
I'm at the East river, 15 miles in, I'm tired.
My legs hurt.
I'm kind of hungry.
I'm just like,
(groans)
more miles.
Maybe some of you noticed that I started this like run club
and I'm going to be organizing a global,
I'm gonna call it a day of moving
because if you're not into running, you don't have to run,
but if you are into running, it could be a run day.
Anyway, the point is I'm going to be organizing a global day
for all of us to go do something together
and I'm trying to get t-shirts made for it
which I think would be really fun.
Do you film and edit everything yourself?
Yes, hold on, hey.
(laughs)
Helpful.
What's your current, favorite board game?
7Wonders.
If you're looking for a good two-player game, Carcassonne.
This one is really easy to learn and very good
for two people.
Is your last name Jewish?
Yes, it's actually Polish, Shereshewsky means
that my family was from the shtetl of Shereshef.
Not a question, but you look like Alyson Hannigan.
(laughs)
It's funny, I actually get that a lot.
Yeah, great, thank you.
Well, this has been fun.
The questions that I didn't get to,
I will answer on Instagram, but I hope
that you guys make pickled red onions
and that feels like a lifetime ago.
I hope you make the pickled red onions
and I will see you
with a more highly produced video next week, bye.
(laughs)