Let's not forget the pickle!
Pickles come in endless varieties ranging in various degrees of sweet to sour flavor. We eat 'em straight out of the jar, decorate our sandwiches & even find uses for the pickle juice! I enjoy those small sweet gherkins myself. What's your pickle preference?
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29 Comments:
Kosher Dills, all the way.
emilyo at 10:10PM on 08/09/07
I will eat an entire jar of Mt. Olive Kosher Petite Dills in one sitting. No lie. And I might drink the juice, too.
Chaoss at 11:02PM on 08/09/07
Claussen pickles! I just bought a jar. These are the classic cold store-bought pickles that I grew up with, and will always love.
Littlebluesiren at 11:31PM on 08/09/07
I, too, love the Claussen brand -- they beat the pants off of anything that has been heat-pasteurized.
Dominic
the zen kitchen
dvchurch at 12:13AM on 08/10/07
I love pickled anything. Cucumber pickles, pickled ginger, pickled beets, pickled beans, pickled brussels sprouts, giardinera, relish, pickled hot peppers...
However, sweet pickles are gross. Bread and butter pickles? Ew.
I looooove my homemade hot pickled beans right now.
logographic at 12:53AM on 08/10/07
kosher dill. and sometimes if i'm lucky my mom will send a jar of small french cornichons from france. i will eat the whole jar in one sitting.
french tart at 7:39AM on 08/10/07
Half-sours, fresh out of the barrel.
hereandthe at 7:51AM on 08/10/07
I am so fussy - I will only eat the dill pickles the way my mother used to make, from ingredients picked up from the local Hutterite farmers. Last year I picked up that torch and started making them from her recipe - it really was very easy, and you can't even compare their taste to store-bought ones.
Sweet pickles make me gag.
Peasantwench at 10:00AM on 08/10/07
Nothing will do but a cold, crisp kosher dill. Pair it with a good reuben sandwich for a classic lunch.
hatlady at 11:15AM on 08/10/07
Aanybody know/remember dilly beans (pickled green beans)? they may be a southern thing.
I LOVED them, and haven't seen them in years, though I did find a recipe for them in a Southern cookbook, which looked like what I remembered...
Lilla at 11:30AM on 08/10/07
Made some refrigerator pickles a couple of weekends ago. Planning to do the same with small carrots, radishes, cauliflower and hot chilies this weekend.
Colorado Jim at 11:33AM on 08/10/07
I may have posted this on SE before: my friend Zanne Stewart (former exec. food editor for Gourmet magazine) has a simple recipe for quick-pickled carrots. I add a dried red chile to the brine. There's always a jar of these in my fridge.
Cathy at 1:33PM on 08/10/07
Well, I just did a little pickle roundup on my blog that led me to discover the whole wonderful world of pickles. I always thought you just pickled cucumbers and called them pickles, but oh no! There are pickled carrots, red onions, you name it; it's out there!
Hillary
Chew on That
Chew on That at 1:50PM on 08/10/07
Love Bread and Butter pickles ... great for burgers or just by themselves. My grandmother used to can them herself, but since then I haven't found a brand I don't like. Lately though I've been eating the Splenda version.
dauerad at 2:24PM on 08/10/07
Maybe because it was the only brand purchased when I was growing up, but to this day I prefer all flavors of Nalley's pickles. Bread & Butter, Baby Garlic Dill, Spicy Dill, Sweet with Ginger - yum!
They're a local NW brand [since snapped up by one of the bigger food purveyors]; I once told a boyfriend I couldn't possibly follow him to Los Angeles because I wouldn't be able to get my pickle fix. Okay, so I was a fool...
Also love, love, love the Mother's brand of Indian pickles. Spicy, puckery, slightly messy - always fabulous with something straight off the grill.
sallyforth at 2:41PM on 08/10/07
I love bread & butter pickles
Lilartist at 2:57PM on 08/10/07
back to nature kosher dills, to be exact.
or claussen mini dills...but i'm not a huge fan of high fructose corn syrup.
emilyo at 7:52PM on 08/10/07
half sours...just saltier than a cucumber, bright green and with a big crunch.
rebeccadiamond at 9:15PM on 08/10/07
Tony Paco's Pickles and Peppers Sweet Mix. Really crunchy, sweet yet quite hot with afterburn, and the tiny pearl onions - oh my! Tony Paco should jar just the onions alone! These pickles are made for snacking on their own - their intense flavor wouldn't mix well on a burger or in a salad.
Been trying to can my own pickles, but haven't had much success (still too mushy), although I do can a mean green bean (dilly beans Lilla referenced).
Michigander at 10:47PM on 08/10/07
I know some sweet, baby pickles almost seem like sacrilege to some of you but my Gran-Gran's homemade sweet pickles [picked fresh from her garden] and pickled in her kitchen with very minimal sugar were DIVINE.
-But, alas...I must admit dill pickles have always been my favorite (I'd always use dill pickles in my potato salads rather than sweet relish or chopped sweet pickles). -And, yes, I love eating dill pickles right out of the jar. I like Vlasic, Nalley, Claussen...heck...just about any well-made dill pickle. I don't like the garlic pickles much just because they seem a bit too overpowering for the humble cuke (don't get me wrong...I LOVE me some garlic). ;))
I also agree with the posters whom mentioned pickling everything from ginger, beets, green beans to cauliflower etc. and let's not forget pickled eggs...well, okay...those might not be considered pickles but they are tasty too. There's also pickled fish (-am I pushing the pickle now)?
Oh! I love using the juice too! I use it in salad dressings, bloody Mary's, potato salad, shrimp salad etc. etc.
Yes, pickles are gggggggggggggreat! :D
P.S. I wonder what a pickled radish would taste like? -Or a pickled zucchini? -Pickled apples? -Pickles pears, peaches, tangerines? Anyone ever had that yet? I know, I know, I'm weird. he-he :)
cheffy at 12:10AM on 08/11/07
I love sweet pickles (gherkins). Fish 'em out of the jar with a fork and crunch. I'm not a big fan of other types of pickled cucumbers, but I could eat other pickled vegetables all day long, especially onions and carrots.
Christina at 8:56PM on 08/12/07
CHINESE PICKLED CUCUMBERS!!!
So tasty. I don't know why.
roboppy at 8:30AM on 08/14/07
claussen garlic dill pickles dipped in hot mustard ! yes i'm a sick puppy
huney_bumper at 11:46AM on 08/14/07
Sour pickled cucumbers are the best, especially from The Pickle Guys in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. But my favorite pickled foods are Korean Kim-Chi, Wine Kraut, and these little jars of pickled brussel sprouts that I can't find anymore.
spanklin at 1:06PM on 08/14/07
Thanks for all the comments & links----true pickle power!
JEP at 7:39PM on 08/14/07
Kosher dills, baby. But if we're dropping off the cucumber highway, give me pickled tomatoes, any day of the week. Set me down at a deli that gives me a bowl of pickles to start, and those olive drab beauties will be gone in seconds. I've been known to invest in a large jar of Ba-Tampte's and just work my way through it slowly. Damn. Pickles tomatoes. Nectar of the GODS.
klg19 at 8:16PM on 08/14/07
I've had dilly beans made by a coworker. They're not bad.
I love the cornichon(s) from Trader Joe's, but my location hasn't had them lately. :(
Can't stand half-sours or garlic ones. I think I have some Claussen dills in my fridge at the moment.
AdamH at 9:55PM on 08/14/07
BaTampte half sours are my favorites.
hotdoglover at 6:07AM on 08/15/07
Hey Lilla-
I had dilly beans this weekend when we were out at Lake Rabun in North Georgia. We picked some more up at Jaemor Farms on the way home. The website is http://www.jamsjellies.com/ if you want to order some for yourself. They're addictive!
Personally, my favorite pickles are fried pickles with "comeback" sauce. They used to cure my hangovers when I was an Ole Miss undergrad.
sawyerriley at 10:57AM on 08/16/07