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Pickle Lovers

Enufstuff — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 04:13:35 GMT

Remember the old fashioned dill or sour pickles that were sold one at a time from a barrel ? Dill or sour pickles just do not seem the same anymore. Another favorite was the half sour pickles sold at a deli. They do not seem the same

either, if you can even find them.

Well, being a pickle lover ( and all my children are too) , Claussen spears or halves are our present favorites. They are always kept in the supermarket refrigerator case.

Recently, we tried a little experiment after finishing a jar of Claussen spears. I sliced a small unpeeled,pickling cucumber into

1/4 inch disks and put them in the Claussen pickle juice. After a couple of days in the refrigerator, I tasted one. I thought that it tasted like the deli half sour

pickles. Without telling my son and my daughter my discovery, I had them taste them. They both immediately said "these taste like the half sour deli pickles". I'm thinking,"but this is dill pickle juice".

No matter, we have found a way to enjoy the taste of half sour pickles again. In fact,

I now have a jar with three more little sliced cucumbers in Claussen pickle juice.

If you are a fan of half sours, you may like these.

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rms1954 — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 04:16:25 GMT

I've done that. You can make your own pickles using pickling spices.

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Sweetbay magnolia — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 12:27:17 GMT

I loved those barrel dill pickles. Yum.

I enjoy Wegmans hamburger dill chips, now. Eat them right out of the jar with a fork and always have a spare jar on hand. Before that I was a big fan of Food Lion dill chips (great price!) but sadly they closed in my town.

I've often thought about using that brine again. I'll try it!

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Kachina624 — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 13:32:35 GMT

I like to put canned sliced beets in sweet pickle juice.

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cookinfreak — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 13:39:01 GMT

When I was little and would go grocery shopping with my mom, they had a barrel of pickles and she always bought me one. She always told her friends that I never begged for candy, but would beg for a pickle. I still love pickles and buy them in the gallon jars when I can.

cookin

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Carolina925 — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 13:45:19 GMT

Never heard of half sour pickles but Claussen's is my favorite dill pickle. I go through periods where I crave pickles and have even had them for breakfast before. Mt Olive makes a good dill pickle that seems to be a bit fresh, both in taste and crispness, called Simply Pickles. Mt Olive is from NC so don't know if it's available everywhere.

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tiny 2 — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 14:24:34 GMT

@cookinfreak wrote:
When I was little and would go grocery shopping with my mom, they had a barrel of pickles and she always bought me one. She always told her friends that I never begged for candy, but would beg for a pickle. I still love pickles and buy them in the gallon jars when I can.
cookin

@cookinfreak

I was the same way. Our barrel had pickles and green tomatoes. I would get the pickle and take one of the tomatoes home for later.

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Sooner — Sat, 12 Jun 2021 01:38:18 GMT

Wow! I am old and I never saw a pickle barrel. I have seen bulk dried beans in little country stores, but never a pickle barrel!

Not a huge pickle fan, but loved your stories! My favorites are bread and butter pickles or Dave's Famous Spicy ones.

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DiAnne — Sat, 12 Jun 2021 03:31:25 GMT

Marinade chicken in the pickle brine left.

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Carolina925 — Sat, 12 Jun 2021 11:29:25 GMT

@DiAnne , that's interesting. I've heard...and totally not sure it's true...that Chick Fil A brines their chicken in pickle juice. Guess I should find ways to use all that leftover pickle juice since I eat so many. Thanks for your comment!

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tiny 2 — Sat, 12 Jun 2021 15:56:24 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
Wow! I am old and I never saw a pickle barrel. I have seen bulk dried beans in little country stores, but never a pickle barrel!

Not a huge pickle fan, but loved your stories! My favorites are bread and butter pickles or Dave's Famous Spicy ones.

@Sooner

Our Colonial Store pickle barrel was huge and red. I had to wait some years before I could see in on my own. My Dad would pick me up so that I could look at the pickles.

I was a short little girl, Oh wait.

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Silverfox1 — Sat, 03 Jul 2021 17:44:02 GMT

When growing up alot of Jewish delis's always sold pickels in the barrel. They were so good! Also alot of Jewish deli restaurants always had pickles in a bowl on the tables. Of course this was before the pandemic so I really don't know if this will continue. If they don't it will be very sad.

Other pickles that are very good are Nathan's Sour Pickles...my DH favorite. Also Nathan's pickled tomatoes are excellent...my favorite. If you like garlic in your pickles, I highly recommend Boar's Head pickles. Just found these and the are sooo good.

Thanks for the Claussen idea. This sounds very interesting. We always have Claussens in the house and will definetly give this a try.

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Luvsmyfam — Sat, 03 Jul 2021 22:05:04 GMT

famous Dave's pickles are pretty good