Halloween Treats for Our Pickle Peeps

Boooooolicious!  That's what our Garlic Hummus makes you want to shout!  And what a perfect time to make it... just in time for Halloween!


in a pickle Garlic Hummus

1 can of Garbanzo Beans (drained - set aside the liquid)
juice from 1 lemon
12 med. cloves of garlic
1 tsp. of cayenne pepper
3 TBLS olive oil
3-4 TBLS of liquid from the Original in a pickle jar
tsp of Sea Salt
tsp of cracked black pepper


Blend all ingredients, add liquid from Garbanzo Beans as needed to reach a smooth texture.  Enjoy with jullienned green and red peppers, carrot and celery sticks or your favorite cracker!

BOOOOOOO licious!


     We had a great day at the Richardson Famer's Market!!!  And we are looking forward to the Four Seasons Markets in Addison, TX at The Village on The Parkway tomorrow! Come by and say Hi!!!! or BOO and we will hook you up with some great pickles and juice for some Boolicious Hummus!  Yummy!  

     AND look for us and our Originals at the November 4th 16th Annual Farmer's Market Friends Hoedown in Dallas.   Just click on the link for more information!

Happy Halloween!

Texas Pride and Pickle Friends

As many of you know, we wear the brand of a Go Texan product.



It's a program under the Texas Department of Agriculture that promotes the products, culture and communities of Texas.  You'll find in a pickle products with the glowing brand of Texas... on all of our labels, banners and hand-outs.  We'll have to say, we are partial to Texas but we love the rest of the world too!  Click on Go Texan within this blog and check out what Tommie Lee Jones and Nolan Ryan have to say about Texas... hey you'll like this even if your not from Texas...






We've hit many of the local Texas Farmer's Markets within the last few weeks and have had the opportunity to get to know some really great people like Trevious James, a young man we had the good fortune to meet last weekend in Dallas.  Trevious loved our pickles... but couldn't part with his hard-earned money because there was a video game with his name on it - well, we couldn't let Trevious not experience one of life's greatest moments - could we?  Here's Trevious after a splendiferous experience... and Trevious we hope your game is all that you had hoped and more!




It's amazing how many of our friends are coming out and supporting us in our pickle endeavour. 

We'd like to give a shout out to some truly
in a pickle PEEPS from Karen's school - Sagamore Hill Elementary, during  our first appearance in Fort Worth's New Market their pickle pride was evident!  WE SALUTE YOU SAGAMORE!!!  Thanks for your support!




in a pickle will be in these locations this weekend and of course you can always find us online at inapicklefoods.com

Friday, 9 am - 2 pm - Sept. 17, 2010 - Four Season Markets in Allen, TX at Watter Creek

Saturday, 8 am - noon - Sept. 18, 2010 - Celebration Farmer's Market in Dallas, TX  at Lovers and Lemmon

Sunday, 10 am - 3 pm - Sept. 19, 2010 - Four Seasons Markets in Addison, TX at The Village on The Parkway


LOOK FOR in a pickle 

September 24, - October 17, 2010 The State Fair of Texas in the Food & Fiber Pavilion, 

Nov. 4, 2010 Dallas Farmers Market Friends 16th Annual Hoe Down,

and in Colleyville in the near future!!!

Serving up some Sweet & Spicy!

Pickle Peeps!!!  It's almost time to bid Big Tex adieu.  We're sampling pickles today at the State Fair of Texas, and our last sampling at the Food & Fiber Building will be Saturday from 10 am until noon.

Wow!  What a pickle pleasure to meet all our pickle peeps, and we want to give a shout out to the newest in a pickle converts!  You know who you are ... those peeps that stopped by to say, "Hey" and left saying, "Hurrah give me some more!"  Well, there will be MORE in a pickle Originals at the November 4th 16th Annual Farmer's Market Friends Hoedown in Dallas.  Keep checking our blog for more information.  And of course you can buy online at inapicklefoods.com anytime.  James will even deliver to your front door if you live in Fort Worth!

Well, got to get back to samplin' ... we'll leave you with a little pickle chip of a recipe that Karen finds to be a Sweet & Sassy delight!

SWEET AND SASSY in a pickle POTATO SALAD

Ingredients:
2 lbs of red new potatoes, cubed (unpeeled)
4 hard boiled eggs
2 celery stalks, diced
1/4 cup of in a pickle Original pickles and peppers chopped
1/4 cup of yellow mustard
1/4 cup of mayonnaise
1/2 tsp paprika
1 TLBS in a pickle Original pickle juice
Salt and pepper to taste

In a large pot, cover potatoes with cold water, bring to a boil and cook until tender, about 15 minutes.  Should be fork tender.

While potatoes are boiling, chop the following:  celery, pickles, and peppers.

In a medium pot, place your eggs in the pot and cover with water.  Bring the water to a boil.  Boil for 10 minutes.  Remove from burner and run cool water over eggs, peel and chop.  I use the whites and the yolks.

Drain potatoes and rinse in cold water.  Let cool in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

After potatoes have cooled, gently stir in the mustard and mayonnaise into the potatoes.  Add rest of ingredients.

Let cool in fridge for an hour. 
Garnish with paprika.
Great the day of... or even better the next day!
Serves 4 - 6

Enjoy!

Shelf WIPE OUT at The State Fair of Texas

 
It's been a crazy month so far!!!


We've sampled soooooo
many of our Original pickles that
James is calling it SHELF WIPE OUT!
The good part... it's not from just our
 

Samplings that the shelves are having to be restocked BUT BECAUSE OF SALES!  YAHOO!!!!











Our Original has been well received here and yesterday we had about 1,000 pickle peeps drop by to say, "Hi" and to taste some of the most splendiferous, sassy pickles in the country!

 

You can only imagine how pooped, how tired, how HUNGRY... James was after all those samplings... Whew!



He had to get out stretch his legs and take on a few of the State Fair delicacies...

like Fried Frito Pie, Fried Butter, shoot... Oprah Winfrey ain't got nothing on James - He knows a good thing when he sees it... ummmm... tastes it.

 

That's why he's looking forward to meeting some more connoisseur's of the perfected palate club... drop by and try our Original... it'll make you tingle all the way down to your tippie toes.

Samplin' at the Fair today and Monday come by between 10 & 12 or 2 & 4 for some knock-your-socks off, tingle your toes GOOD pickles!

in a pickle will also be sampling our Original on Saturday, October 13 and 16 from 10 to noon.

Pickle Peeps UNITE!

Splendiferous Samples

Holy Cow, Batman!!! That's a lot of samples!!! James has been busy this week shipping out our product to all of our new pickle peeps.

We want to give a shout out to all the new


converts from our

splendiferous sampling at the State Fair.

AND a shout out to all the great folks
with GOTEXAN!  What a great group!



As we recover from our State Fair adventure we will be headed to the White Rock Local Market this weekend in east Dallas.  It's the first ever solar powered chili cook off and we'll be there selling pickles from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Come on out and say, "Hey" and ask James to do the pickle-patter... it's kinda like the pitter-patter but with pickles! :)