Thanks, @tangmo! The pickling juice gets pink, but that's because the color leaves the hop shoots. So the pickled shoots aren't so pretty - but they are tasty! I like them with rice. I would have used them for the Steemit Iron Chef contest when the special ingredient was rice. But they just weren't ready.

Thanks for watching my video, too. I made the video a couple years ago. That cute little cat is Robert. He's gone now and I miss him. He was such a sweetheart. I'm glad he pushed his way into my video, so I can remember how he was.