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Rhiannon12866

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45. I remember pickle barrels in the grocery store when I was a kid

Tue Jul 3, 2018, 02:43 AM

Jul 2018

There was a pair of tongs on top of the barrel and waxed paper bags on the side for your chosen pickle. My brother and I thought this was great fun, we always loved it when my mother let us get pickles to take home. I think they were a quarter.

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What's Your Pickle Pleasure? [View all] Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 OP

Kosher Garlic Dills SouthernLiberal Jul 2018 #1

Delicious! My go-to for potato salad, and beef stroganoff! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #3

Had to look up what that was Phoenix61 Jul 2018 #2

I prefer the sour ones with onions and garlic! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #4

The tiny garlic dills Freddie Jul 2018 #5

Great story! Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #6

lime jberryhill Jul 2018 #7

Gotta get some! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #8

My favrite is Lime pickles but that doesn't look like the ones I like . My mother made them years doc03 Jul 2018 #42

Strub's kosher dills are simply the very best. applegrove Jul 2018 #9

Next time I'm in Canada! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #10

Unfortunately they need to be refrigerated so you will not be able to stock up and drive them home. applegrove Jul 2018 #13

In that case I'll just have to Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #18

LOL! applegrove Jul 2018 #25

Bubbies lame54 Jul 2018 #11

Another one to look for!😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #12

Kosher dill pickles Ohiogal Jul 2018 #14

Yum! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #15

Kosher Dill Spears. Iggo Jul 2018 #16

Yep! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #20

Bread and butter pickles Lunabell Jul 2018 #17

Excellent! I add a little Dijon! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #22

Kosher Dills. smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #19

Clausen's are good! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #23

Polish Dills hurl Jul 2018 #21

Next time in Texas! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #24

Wickles in any/every form! n/t TygrBright Jul 2018 #26

Yum! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #27

Depends on what I am eating dhol82 Jul 2018 #28

Very true! Pickle pairing is the key to any gourmet meal! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #29

"half Dills" -- you find them in kosher delis, in pickle barrels. fierywoman Jul 2018 #30

Nice! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #32

I remember pickle barrels in the grocery store when I was a kid Rhiannon12866 Jul 2018 #45

BaTampte half sour pickles and chilled sauerkraut as appetizers....like Wolfie's dameatball Jul 2018 #31

Sadly no retailers close by! 😢 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #33

Not here either. I drove to the Publix in Boone and they said they were having trouble getting them. dameatball Jul 2018 #34

mine too juxtaposed Jul 2018 #39

Hot dill refridge pickles! BlueJac Jul 2018 #35

Love em! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #37

Homemade Bread and Butter jpak Jul 2018 #36

Sweet! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #38

A Clausen half-sliced pickle with an equal-sized slice of Muenster cheese, eaten together cyclonefence Jul 2018 #40

Nice! On occasion I wrap a slice of Swiss and ham around a dill! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #41

after putting up w/store bread & butter pickles afetr growing up w/ my grandma's, pansypoo53219 Jul 2018 #43

Sweet! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #46

the recipe is a cooked version. says boil 4 min. grandma only brought them to a boil & then off. pansypoo53219 Jul 2018 #48

Awesome! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #50

Waterrmelon rind pickles Nac Mac Feegle Jul 2018 #44

Awesome! 😋 Thanks! Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #47

Be Best and have Kosher Dill Halves ice cold from the supermarket fridge Submariner Jul 2018 #49

Yep! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #51

My grandma's bread and butter pickles. redstatebluegirl Jul 2018 #52

Nice! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #56

Chillies pangaia Jul 2018 #53

Hot! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #57

Very useful in Sichuan cookery. pangaia Jul 2018 #60

Nice! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #61

Toorshee - Armenian/Middle Eastern vegetable pickles. . . DinahMoeHum Jul 2018 #54

Wow! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #58

New pickles. Absolutely love them JDC Jul 2018 #55

Yep! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #59

Chocolate sl8 Jul 2018 #62

Why not! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #63

You can put pickles up yourself mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2018 #64