Dill Pickles

[Grass Range]

No to Kosher

[Blackwater 53393]

21 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

I was in the store and saw Clausen Kosher Dill Miniatures.   Bought a  small jar.   Sort of crisp.  But LORD are they salty!  Almost no other flavor.   Pretty much what I remember of them.  Not worth the premium price. 

If the Clausens aren’t refrigerated, they might become salty. I don’t find them that way and I prefer their preparation as the cucumbers used aren’t cooked.  The cold pickling process is why they don’t get limp and mushy like other brands.

 

I really prefer the kosher flavor!!

[Subdeacon Joe]

1 minute ago, Blackwater 53393 said:

If the Clausens aren’t refrigerated, they might become salty. I don’t find them that way and I prefer their preparation as the cucumbers used aren’t cooked.  The cold pickling process is why they don’t get limp and mushy like other brands.

 

I really prefer the kosher flavor!!

 

It was only about half an hour from when I picked them from the cold lunch meat section to when I popped them open was less than an hour.   But these square with my memory of all the ones I've had in the past, overpowering salty.  

 

[Blackwater 53393]

1 minute ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

 

It was only about half an hour from when I picked them from the cold lunch meat section to when I popped them open was less than an hour.   But these square with my memory of all the ones I've had in the past, overpowering salty.  

 

Yeah. I’ve seen them before on a regular shelf in some smaller stores.

 

I’m not a big salt user. I usually substitute pepper for salt at the table and I cut salt in a lot of recipes by as much as a third.

 

I don’t find them any more salty than other brands, but that’s just me.  My family prefers them as well. I have never asked any of them why.

[Subdeacon Joe]

33 minutes ago, Blackwater 53393 said:

Yeah. I’ve seen them before on a regular shelf in some smaller stores.

 

I’m not a big salt user. I usually substitute pepper for salt at the table and I cut salt in a lot of recipes by as much as a third.

 

I don’t find them any more salty than other brands, but that’s just me.  My family prefers them as well. I have never asked any of them why.

 

To each his own.  Pickle brand loyalty seems to run strong.  I was raised with Del Monte Dill Halves, sometimes whole Dills.  Then went to Vlasic after trying them when I left home.   Tried other brands now and then,  but none measured up.  One day saw the Mt. Olive brand at half the price of Vlasic.  They were better,  in my opinion,  than Vlasic. 

 

I've tried some of the local small batch, naturally fermented brands, especially https://www.thebrinery.com/

 

Good,  but LORDY they're expensive.   Especially with how I like pickles and sauerkraut.   9 bucks for a 32oz. container.