When I was growing up, Bread & Butter Pickles of some variety where a staple in our house. They are a sweet pickle often used to top burgers, a sandwich or just placed beside a mound of creamy mashed potatoes. In the early days, busy with five kids, I don't think my mom made them, but they always seemed to put in an appearance at our dinner table each fall. When I was newly married, I have very fond memories of my mom and I getting together to make Lady Ashburnham Pickles, Relish and … [Read more...]
Lady Ashburnham Pickles
September 23, 2012 by · 59 Comments
Lady Ashburnham Pickles ~ We haven't made these, or any pickles for that matter, in quite a few years. No reason for the pickle drought, except maybe laziness. Well, this year we turned our kitchen into "Pickle Central" and made dill, sweet Bread and Butter and this delicious, all time favourite of ours and many other Maritimers, Lady Ashburnham. Our favourite way to eat these is with a creamy mound of mashed potatoes, but they have an almost relish like consistency so they would also be … [Read more...]
Our first attempt at making dill pickles.
August 9, 2012 by · 17 Comments
In our house, we are all dill pickle fanatics and have often talked about the possibility of making a batch ourselves. Our son, who lives in Ontario, is home for a couple weeks vacation, he also wants to learn, so we thought it would be a great time to attempt the making of the dill pickles. On Saturday we all went to a local Farmer's Market and along with lots of other great produce and fish we picked up a basket of pickling cucumbers. We now felt committed, and yesterday the process … [Read more...]
