[emh1701]

Heard of them through work, was in the grocery dept. (corporate) for awhile and doing pricing on these items in the computer system. If I do buy pickles, it tends to be a local brand like Gedney.

 

[smooze1775]

I will only eat Mt. Olive pickles at home. Kosher brand and the local grocery store brand just aren't as good as Mt. Olive imo.

 

[smooze1775]

We love the Bread and Butter pickles. I can eat a lot of them. Mainly put them on salads and in sandwiches with slices on the side too.

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Its crazy how taste buds change over time. For the longest I would never eat bread and butter chips but now I mainly eat them over regular pickles.

 

[wildwes]

They are a couple of hours from me, in Mt. Olive, NC.
The University of Mt. Olive has some good agriculture programs too, I have been there for a weeklong workshop a time or two, and take students there from time to time for FFA events. The pickle factory is cool, and they are pretty decent as far as companies go. They do source some things from India, but still get a lot from the US. NC is the #2 cucumber producer in the US, mainly because of Mt. Olive.

 

[dmas]

In this case cucumbers came before pickles, mt. Olive was started as pickle maker when cucumbers were noted to be rotting in the fields.

I'm not a big pickle eater but like to have on hand small jars of bread and butter chips and kosher baby dills, just like those small whole pickles more than sliced spears.

 

[wildwes]

In this case cucumbers came before pickles, mt. Olive was started as pickle maker when cucumbers were noted to be rotting in the fields.

I'm not a big pickle eater but like to have on hand small jars of bread and butter chips and kosher baby dills, just like those small whole pickles more than sliced spears.

That is interesting, I didn't know that, I had always assumed the cucumber production came in response to the pickle company.
Mt Olive is a nice little town, I have always enjoyed my visits there, whether they were just for the day or multi day/night trips.

NC is #1 in sweet potato production too, the eastern part of the state makes a lot of yams and pickles.

 

[dmas]

I can hardly believe it but sweet potatoes here are $2.49/ lb. Washington state safeway.

 

[wildwes]

I can hardly believe it but sweet potatoes here are $2.49/ lb. Washington state safeway.

That's insane!

 

[Stwood]

$0.88 a # at our Walmart in Missouri.

 

[Wooleybooger]

$0.69/lb at Food Town, $0.99/lb at Kroger. Guess where I'm going.

 

[dmas]

Thanks for Wal-Mart recommendation. Going to website they are normally $2.16 but on sale for $.88 here. Its over half an hour away but maybe ill be out that direction.

 

[Adventure Wolf]

I'm a North Carolina boy. It ain't a pickle unless it is Mount Olive brand or canned by Momma. I will defend that statement with violence 🤣

Read that with a mountain accent, and suddenly you understand me as a man.

 

[Forrest Mosby]

What defines a ‘Kosher’ dill?🤔

 

[Nokkon Wud]

We love the Bread and Butter pickles. I can eat a lot of them. Mainly put them on salads and in sandwiches with slices on the side too.

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My Favorite!

 

[Wooleybooger]

What defines a ‘Kosher’ dill?🤔

I found several answers but basically they are produced with Kosher salt and without non-kosher additives then fermented. Also several answers on whether or not they meet Jewish dietary law.

 

[irv818]

Kosher salt is just coarse salt without any iodine added.
"Kosher pickles" traditionally are made with garlic. It's just a name for a particular style of pickle seasoning.
The pickles may, or may not, be "kosher-certified".

 

[Riverdale]

What defines a ‘Kosher’ dill?🤔

Garlic

 

[max.r.pinson]

i usually buy their diced jalapenos.
it's not like there's not a gazillion choices
for pepper products here in the barrio
annex, but the mt olives have the proper
vinegar taste like what my family or
myself would make for our own consumption.
That's all I buy from them.
Used to when my momma and granny
were living and healthy, we'd make
gallons and gallons of pickled goods.
cucumber pickles and okra included.
These days I just buy a fair jar of
inexpensive dills and add dill and garlic
and pepper corns, etc. to my own taste

semi related- I hope everybody has
all the jars and lids and rings etc. that
you might need for a while.
I'm remembering the mess during C19
and how canning supplies and such
were scarce and expensive

Merry Christmas pickleheads