I’m surprised that so many folks mentioned a dislike of dill pickles. Me? I like all pickles.

On of my friends in Minnesota had an aunt, a German immigrant, who made mustard pickles. Those were excellent too.

Make a grilled cheese sandwich (American cheese). When it's done, peel it apart and put a layer of bread and butter pickles inside and close it back up again.

You're welcome.

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Originally posted by kz1000:
Nasty. I'll take a garlic full sour.

Clausen!

BaTampte or Epsteins!

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Originally posted by kz1000:

Nasty. I'll take a garlic full sour.

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Originally posted by Woodman:
Pickle / cheese sandwiches are delicious.

On toast, with a little bit of fresh onion...yummmm.

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Nasty. I'll take a garlic full sour.

I have a jar of Pernicious Pickling Co. sliced garlic dill pickles in my fridge right now. They’re sliced thick, just right for sandwiches. Spicy too, with small red peppers in the liquid. Pretty darned good. I buy ‘em locally, but they’re also available on Amazon.

https://www.perniciouspickling.com/index/

Del-Dixi “Best Maid” baby garlic dills for me, thanks.

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
On of my friends in Minnesota had an aunt, a German immigrant, who made mustard pickles. Those were excellent too.

Mustard pickles are great on turkey sandwiches. Haven't seen them in stores for many years, though.


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“Supposedly they got their name because during the Great Depression, they were a cheap staple in households. So people used them in sandwiches of bread and butter because that’s all they could afford.”

My maternal grandmother told me that as a teenager in Depression-era East Texas, she and my aunt would slice off a piece of cornbread, dip one edge of it in some bacon grease, wrap it in in newspaper and take it with with them to school, and that was breakfast and lunch and all they would have to eat until supper time.

I grew up eating bread&butter pickles. I remember watching my mother make them and put them into the jars. I don't think that I have had one for decades.....perhaps I need to change that. I keep the Famous Dave's Devil Spit pickle chips.....mmmmmm.

I've never heard the story of how bread and butter pickles got their name, but I doubt the veracity of the tale.

Always cool to hear the history behind something. I love bread and butter pickles, but the ones I love best are my mom’s home canning recipe. It is the best I have ever had and I make them when I can. So good!

Funny how I grew up eating so many things my mom canned and didn’t try any variation of many things from a grocery store until I lived on my own at first. Then once I got married I got my mom’s recipes, started a garden, and made my mom’s recipes for me and my wife.

This sounds more plausible:

Bread-and-butter pickles are a marinated pickle produced with sliced cucumbers in a solution of vinegar, sugar and spices which may be processed either by canning or simply chilled as refrigerator pickles. The origin of the name and the spread of their popularity in the United States is attributed to Omar and Cora Fanning, a pair of Illinois cucumber farmers who started selling sweet and sour pickles in the 1920s and filed for the trademark "Fanning's Bread and Butter Pickles" in 1923 (though the recipe and similar ones are probably much older). The story attached to the name is that the Fannings survived rough years by making the pickles with their surplus of undersized cucumbers and bartering them with their grocer for staples such as bread and butter.

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the story of how bread and butter pickles got their name, but I doubt the veracity of the tale.

my own granny insisted that at times they didn't have even 'bread and butter' but called the pickles by that name....never could quite believe that one either.

I prefer the Omar and Cora version noted above.

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]My maternal grandmother told me that as a teenager in Depression-era East Texas, she and my aunt would slice off a piece of cornbread, dip one edge of it in some bacon grease, wrap it in in newspaper and take it with with them to school, and that was breakfast and lunch and all they would have to eat until supper time.

My great-aunt grew up during the Depression and told me about mustard sandwiches. "Aunt Cass, what's a mustard sandwich" I'd ask. It was 2 slices of bread with a bit of mustard. That's it.

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Originally posted by Woodman:
Pickle / cheese sandwiches are delicious.

On toast, with a little bit of fresh onion...yummmm.

... and mebbe a slice of liverwurst, too ?




sorry, 'tis late in the day and i are honnngree

Always seemed to favor pickle relish (for stuff like tuna salad) and sweet small gherkins. Haven't had a dill spear in a very long time.

Well as with many threads here on Sigforum, they inspire action. So today while picking up a few groceries, a refrigerated 80 oz jar of Claussen deli dill spears ended up in the cart. A hamburger brunch was accompanied by a spear from the jar. I must say the crispness and balance of spices was great. Guess I've rediscovered dill pickles.