US Home Gardeners Turn Fridge into Pickle Cooler and Grow Tomatoes from McDonald’s Seeds

A Reddit user from the r/VegetableGardening community faced a bumper cucumber harvest and repurposed a garage beer refrigerator as a dedicated “pickle fridge.” The chilled storage allowed the gardener to make quick refrigerator pickles with a simple 1:1 vinegar‑water brine, preserving the excess cucumbers and reducing waste.

YouTuber James Prigioni experimented with planting tomato seeds extracted from two McDonald’s Quarter Pounder burgers. Using a heat mat and grow lamp, the seeds germinated within a week, and the seedlings were later transplanted outdoors and into a bucket. After three months the plants produced abundant fruit, with the in‑ground plant yielding dozens of tomatoes. Prigioni highlighted the surprising success of growing a garden crop from fast‑food seeds.