Recipes For Turning Plain Pickles into Gourmet?

RE: Recipes For Turning Plain Pickles into Gourmet? Post by diemkae (1) | (08/16/2005) Contact Recently, Vlasic offered some very tasty "Zesty" Bread & Butter Chips in my area (southwestern Virginia). They were available only for a short time and may have been withdrawn from the market, as they no longer seem to be in any of the Vlasic product info sites and local grocers seem unable to order them. As I grew very fond of this product, I have had to resort to a "creative workaround"... specifically, I have developed the following "recipe": 1 24 oz jar of Vlasic Bread & Butter Chips/Stackers or whatever\ 1/4 t hot pepper flakes (like those found in most Pizza restaurants) Drain liquid from pickle jar into a small saucepan, add hot pepper flakes, and bring to a boil over high heat, stirring occasionally. Pour hot liquid back into pickel jar and replace cover tightly. While cover may "seal", it should be refrigerated or (re)processed in boiling water bath for 10 minutes. After 48 hours, the chips will taste almost exactly like the Vlasic "Zesty Bread and Buttter Chips". Enjoy! RE: Recipes For Turning Plain Pickles into Gourmet? Post By Paula W (Guest Post) (04/22/2005) Thank you all so much for the recipes. These will give me something to work with. Can't wait to try them -- they all sound SO good! PW RE: Recipes For Turning Plain Pickles into Gourmet? Post By Shirley M (Guest Post) (04/21/2005) My brother gave me this recipe: Sweet Hot Dill Pickles Put 1 quart dill pickles, drained, in a bowl. Add: 1 T. crushed red pepper 1 T. Tobasco sauce 2 cups sugar Stir. It will make it's own juice. Leave in bowl and stir occasionally til sugar dissolves. Then store in jar. These are very hot! For less spicey pickles cut back 1/3 to 1/2 on the red pepper and tobasco. Also you can save some of the dill pickle juice to put back on if you want more of the dill flavor. Make to your own taste. RE: Recipes For Turning Plain Pickles into Gourmet? Post By Julia (Guest Post) (04/20/2005) Follow these instructions exactly...and you will have the best sweet pickles that you've ever eaten. Sweet Dills ( Miss Ettas 4th of July Sweet Pickles) 2 quart jars of Vlasic Kosher Dills Pour all juice out and rinse pickles in cold water. Drain and pat (squeezing) dry. Slice in strips, or cut in chunks (any size or shape desired). Wash and dry jars and put all the cut pickles back into jars. Boil 1 &frac; cups of apple cider vinegar with 2 &frac; cups of sugar. Add 2 &frac; tsp whole allspice. Pour hot mixture over pickles in jars and put lids on jars. Allow to sit on counter overnight. In the morning, pour off the liquid and bring it to a boil, then pour it over the pickles again. Replace lids and allow to cool on counter top. When cool, put jars into the refrigerator and allow to cure for 2 weeks before opening. Everyone who's eaten these pickles says they're the best ever. Enjoy. Julia in Orlando, FL RE: Recipes For Turning Plain Pickles into Gourmet? Post by mkymlp (198) | (04/20/2005) Contact My husband likes sweet pickles but not the dill. He is watching his sugar intake, so I bought whole dill pickles, drained the juice out of the jar, cut them into chunks, and added artificial sweetner. Let them sit a few days in the refrigerator and occasionally shook them to mix. He loves them, he gets the taste of sweet pickles with a bit of dill. He still can have his sweet pickles without feeling guilty.