I Bought A Big Jar Of Full Sour Kosher Dills

[Iron Woode]

I love these pickles as a salty snack. Plenty of garlic and dill and lots of cloudy brine.

Great with a meal on a hot summer day.

 

[Captante]

I love these pickles as a salty snack. Plenty of garlic and dill and lots of cloudy brine.

Great with a meal on a hot summer day.

Aside from the salt they're also really good for you!

Had a coupon so I tried a brand called Grillo's this week ... yum!

 

[ponyo]

Aside from the salt they're also really good for you!

Had a coupon so I tried a brand called Grillo's this week ... yum!

Those are great. Bought it couple times from Costco. Probably my favorite pickles.

 

[lxskllr]

Yup. They're the best market pickles I've had. I get the "hot" variant, but they aren't really hot. Claussen makes a really good pickle you can find anywhere.

 

[Iron Woode]

The brand I bought is Strubs, a Canadian company started in 1929. Their pickles are 100% Kosher:

Strub’s pickled products have been prepared in accordance with Kosher dietary laws and are certified Kosher under authority of the Jewish Community Council of Montreal, COR (Kashruth Council of Canada), Toronto and OU (Orthodox Union), New York.

 

[Captante]

Yup. They're the best market pickles I've had. I get the "hot" variant, but they aren't really hot. Claussen makes a really good pickle you can find anywhere.

Wow I nearly grabbed the hot ones too ... next time!

And yeah Claussen has been my go-to for a long time. When they were first around the only other way to get actual fresh pickles was from the barrel at the deli!

Boars Head brand is really good too but the jars are on the small side.

 

[ponyo]

I was at Costco today and they had Grillo's pickles on sale. $5 for 52 oz is good deal so I bought one.

 

[lxskllr]

That's a good price. I think that's about what I pay for the smaller container at wegmans.

 

[Scarpozzi]

I've been buying whole mini and cocktail pickles the past few weeks. The Kroger brand is super crunchy and they go great in bloody marys too. I think they're 32oz jars for $1.49.

 

[dank69]

I like Mt. Olive Baby Kosher Dills. Will have to try Grillo's if I get a chance. I do know the worst pickles I have ever had were Suckerpunch. I do not possess the vocabulary required to describe how bad they were.

 

[Spacehead]

The brand I bought is Strubs, a Canadian company started in 1929. Their pickles are 100% Kosher:

But are they the ko-ko-kosherest?

sorry, been catching the occasion Barney Miller re-runs

 

[esquared]

What about Bubbies?

Bubbies Fine Foods

Bubbies crafts a variety of high-quality fermented and pickled products inspired by Bubbie’s kitchen.

bubbies.com

They're a little pricier that the ones posted here.
My Lucky's has 'em for 6.99 or so. As does Safeway.
Whole foods has them for 7.49

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Tiny Terry loves his pickles...

 

[WelshBloke]

Excuse my ignorance but what makes a kosher pickle Kosher?
I can't imagine anything that I'd want in a pickle that would make it non Kosher!

 

[Jeeebus]

My wife insists on Guss' Pickles from New York. Full sour. You can order them on goldbelly. And best part is AmEx Platinum has some promotion going where if you buy $100 you get $50 back.

 

[Iron Woode]

Excuse my ignorance but what makes a kosher pickle Kosher?
I can't imagine anything that I'd want in a pickle that would make it non Kosher!

What's the Difference Between Kosher Pickles and Dill Pickles? - The Cookful

 

[Muse]

I love these pickles as a salty snack. Plenty of garlic and dill and lots of cloudy brine.

Great with a meal on a hot summer day.

One day around 1978 I found a packet of cucumber seeds somewhere. I planted them in my backyard and had a humongous crop. I found recipes for kosher dill pickles and canned many quarts (IIRC, it's really easy!). I discovered that in order for the pickles to remain crisp you had to make the brine extra salty, saltier than I prefered to eat. I did so anyway, and after opening a jar I'd dilute the brine and store in the fridge and eat before the pickles lost their crispiness. FYI.

What about Bubbies?

Bubbies Fine Foods

Bubbies crafts a variety of high-quality fermented and pickled products inspired by Bubbie’s kitchen.

bubbies.com

They're a little pricier that the ones posted here.
My Lucky's has 'em for 6.99 or so. As does Safeway.
Whole foods has them for 7.49
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That looks to be pretty for real.

 

[Iron Woode]

One day around 1978 I found a packet of cucumber seeds somewhere. I planted them in my backyard and had a humongous crop. I found recipes for kosher dill pickles and canned many quarts (IIRC, it's really easy!). I discovered that in order for the pickles to remain crisp you had to make the brine extra salty, saltier than I prefered to eat. I did so anyway, and after opening a jar I'd dilute the brine and store in the fridge and eat before the pickles lost their crispiness. FYI.

That looks to be pretty for real.

the easy way to crispy pickles:

food-grade calcium chloride

 

[Muse]

the easy way to crispy pickles:

food-grade calcium chloride

I'll have to check that out. I think I have a bunch, not sure, gotta look, and not at all sure it's food grade. I got it as a desiccant IIRC. Might be something else.

 

[Iron Woode]

I'll have to check that out. I think I have a bunch, not sure, gotta look, and not at all sure it's food grade. I got it as a desiccant IIRC. Might be something else.

don't use that. Just buy some food grade stuff. Cheap is no different than expensive.

 

[iCyborg]

Bump as I tried Strub's because of this thread, the "sandwich" ones as they looked more appealing. Great brine, I ate the 1L container in less than a week by myself lol. Just bought another one today. A bit pricey, I'll have to check Costco, don't remember seeing this (nor Grillo's in Canada)

German and Russian stores have brined cucumbers in some open buckets, I've never been in the mood to experiment, but I want to find some good half-sour pickles. My mom used to put cucumbers in water+salt+maybe some spices in a glass jar and just leave it in the sun for a day or two to ferment, I don't think she even added any vinegar. They would only last a matter of days, but I loved those so much.

 

[Iron Woode]

Bump as I tried Strub's because of this thread, the "sandwich" ones as they looked more appealing. Great brine, I ate the 1L container in less than a week by myself lol. Just bought another one today. A bit pricey, I'll have to check Costco, don't remember seeing this (nor Grillo's in Canada)

German and Russian stores have brined cucumbers in some open buckets, I've never been in the mood to experiment, but I want to find some good half-sour pickles. My mom used to put cucumbers in water+salt+maybe some spices in a glass jar and just leave it in the sun for a day or two to ferment, I don't think she even added any vinegar. They would only last a matter of days, but I loved those so much.

I love Strubs pickles. They have been around for decades here in Ontario.

They make other products like hot pepper relish .

No Frills carries some Strubs. They have full and half sours.

 

[Captante]

These are also really good ... we're talking serious garlic flavor!

(they also make classic sour dills, spicy and several other types)

Ba-Tampte Pickle company (Brooklyn NY)

 

[lxskllr]

I'll keep my eyes open for them. I've seen their label around, but I think it might have been on horseradish. They deserve consideration if for no other reason, their website isn't a shithole of cascading js requests. Nice and simple, they way a website should be.

 

[Captante]

I'll keep my eyes open for them. I've seen their label around, but I think it might have been on horseradish. They deserve consideration if for no other reason, their website isn't a shithole of cascading js requests. Nice and simple, they way a website should be.

Ba-Tampte product list (now featuring Horseradish)

(Also now I'm craving a pickle!)