in a pickle moments for MOM

Well first... we have to give a shout out to all our new pickle peeps in the heart of Texas... the Austin Food and Wine Festival was simply SPLENDIFEROUS!  Thank you Austin... we hope we gave you something to think about when you are in a pickle!

Next up... we are in our own back yard this weekend at BRIT in Fort Worth from 10 to 2 or catch us in Dallas at the White Rock Lake Market Lakeside from 8 to 1 OR drop by St. Michael's Farmer's Market in Dallas from 8 until noon.  Some really wonderful venues folks and we will be there with great little gifts for MOM.  We are only one week away from that special day and why not give her something that will please her palate like in a pickle's strawberry vanilla jam pie...
Here's the recipe enjoy with your MOM...

IN A PICKLE'S STRAWBERRY JAM PIE
 
Ingredients:
3 ounces of dark chocolate pieces, divided
1 TBL butter
1 (9 in) pastry shell, baked
2 pkgs (3 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sour cream (non fat)
3 TBL sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
3 to 4 cups fresh strawberries, hulled
1/3 cup iap strawberry vanilla jam, melted

In a large saucepan, melt the butter and 2 oz. of the chocolate pieces over low heat stirring constantly... when mixture has melted brush over and the sides of the pie shell and chill for 30 minutes in fridge.  In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, sour cream, sugar and vanilla until smooth.  Spread over the pie shell and cover and chill for two hours.  Arrange the fresh strawberries over the filling and brush with the melted jam.  Melt the remaining chocolate pieces and drizzle over the top of the pie.  Yields: 6-8 servings
 
 

Fort Worth Farmer's Market

Wow! The BRIT FORT WORTH FARMER'S MARKET was a delight!

So nice to be in our back yard even Angus enjoyed hangin!

Peep Pack Caddy

The Main Dog

We shared our newest in a pickle PEEP PACK... it's

a caddy for four jars of jam... or mix and match pickles and jams... and there's multi uses for the PEEP PACK too ... like a condiment caddy for those outdoor soirees, ...or put some of your fav spring bulbs in the caddy (we put tulips in ours)... or take your empty in a pickle jars and drop in your favorite votive candle  - slide them into the caddy and now your kickin it with in a pickle... Need a magazine caddy or a mail caddy? - The PEEP PACK is soooo versatile... and who would have thought you could get so much bang for your buck! 

We're lovin' our new PEEP PACKs cause they keep on keepin on, even after your last jar of pickle power is gone (don't forget you can get more pickle goodness on the web or at our many scheduled appearances)... We'll be back at the BRIT next month and we hope to see you Peeps out there... drop by and say "HEY" in Austin, or Dallas...it's Market time and we're on the road spreading our sweet and spicy delights...

Zinging at the BRIT

Jams



Pickles

Life's greatest moments start in a pickle!

Korean's In A Pickle

Our Original sweet and spicy pickles traveled across the pond to Korea last month with our friend Matt Schroeder.  Matt's an accomplished connoisseur of sweet and spicy and can't get enough of our Originals!

Hyeeun Yoo and Sunah Noh our newest pickle peeps were at lunch with Matt and his wife Sheri at a Korean chicken restaurant when they pulled out the chopsticks... and the pickles!  Koreans are known for spicy underlings from kimchi to veggies... and our sweet and spicy gems fit right in!

Thanks! Matt for sending us this snapshot.

Hyeenun Yoo, Sunah Noh, Matt Schroeder with in a pickle Originals

We're going global but we can still be found at our favorite haunts...
check us out at the White Rock Lake Local Everything Market this weekend.
If you need our product delivered call Greenling in the Dallas-Fort Worth area or order our artisan jams and pickles online at inapicklefoods.com

 When you are in a pickle - whether it's in Fort Worth, Texas or Seoul, Korea ... just remember ... Life's greatest moments are sure to happen!

in a pickle Goes Solar

Solar Powered Music Festival

Cowtown Chowdown

in a pickle is gearing up for Fort Worth's first solar powered festival!  The Solar Festival  is from 2 until 11pm this Saturday on the banks of the Trinity river... more specific... Panther Island Pavilion.  Our fancy food truck will be there serving up some incredibly scrumptious, smoked brisket.  It's becoming a James Special at the Cowtown Chowdown and he's going all out this weekend.  Stop by and experience chef James' Brisket Nachos, Brisket Sandwich, Cheese Krinkle Kut Fries (slathered with iap cheese queso, and topped with brisket and Tony Cacheres...BTW... James loves this one... and your gonna love these loaded potato fries too!  OR how 'bout our brisket pie, iap signature smoked brisket piled high on iap spicy mac and cheese topped off with sprinkles of corn chips... life doesn't get much better... The Solar Fest... Fun Times..  Great musical acts like The Romantics and The English Beat ... and one of our favs - Dallas' own Michael Donner and the Southern Renaissance Band.  

So come out and see us and tell us what you are in a pickle for... we've been busy cookin' in the kitchen!  We've retired our Apple Bourbon Cinnamon and Lemony Pear Vanilla Jams for the summer... but peaches we've got'em!. We're cooking up some small batches of Peach  Chocolate and Peach Cinnamon Jam  and we're excited to be sending out to Zingerman's mail order... Zingerman's, located in Michigan sends extraordinary, traditionally made foods and artisan type foods anywhere in America. FOOD & WINE magazine calls Zingerman's one of the top 24 food markets in the world.  


We'll see you at the Solar Fest .  Remember life's greatest moments start when you are in a pickle!

Pickle pounding

Most of our readers probably don't know what a pounding is... It was started a long time ago by the Quakers and is an old fashioned way of helping someone stock their pantry. It was really handy for newlyweds or others just starting out... Well we are here to offer you in a pickle help ... A pickle pounding.


Our sweet and spicy pickles are a great pantry staple for all those times that you need a quick appetizer or just a little something to spice up a dish... Use them as an appetizer and serve them with Buttermilk Ranch dressing... Or stock up on our other products like our artisan jams... Just like grandma used to make.


Don't forget to add several jams to your selection. No pantry would be complete without our tomato or our orangey fig jam. It's what makes morning toast DEVINE!!!


Okay are your taste buds hitting a high note??? Well they are about to sing the Hallelujah Chorus when they here our menu for our fancy food truck out at the Cowtown Chow Down this Friday and Saturday!!!


We'll have pimento cheese stuffed sliders; tacos, Sloppy Joes, IAP brisket sandwiches with our tomato jam and... back by pickle peep demand.... IAP hummus with pita chips... Grilled in a pickle PB&Jam (strawberry vanilla) sandwiches and for a little bit of southern sweetness ... A Texas sheet cake that'll have you singing "Sweet Splendiferous" ... As one of our readers pontificated, "YUM-YUM!"
Top it off with a wholesome swig of Holy Kombucha... that's what we are talking' about!


We serve from 11 to 2 and 5-10... Come say, "Hey" and stock up too... We're starting a pickle pounding in your world!

LIFE'S GREATEST MOMENTS START in a pickle.

in a pickle sweet & spicy sightings

Many of you have asked where our in a pickle fancy food trailer will be this week and through Memorial Day... Pickle Peeps will be able to find us at Cowtown Chow Down beginning Friday, May 25 through Memorial Day and we'll also be at one of our favs on Saturday, White Rock Local Market in Dallas.

AND  JAM ALERT... there's a limited supply of our peach and cinnamon jam so get it while you can at Bolsa - we have a delivery on Saturday!!!








Splendiferous artisan jams you can count on this weekend until they are gone are:  

Sweet & Spicy Tomato;                                       

Orangey Fig;     

Apple Bourbon Cinnamon; 

Strawberry Vanilla.  

What are you in a pickle for?  Let us know!

 



And come on out to Cowtown Chow Down this weekend and stop by and say, "Hey..." 


 

We'll be cooking up some in a pickle  Devilish Egg Salad... and SPLENDIFEROUS SANDWICHES... how 'bout our grilled and toasted pickle Pimento Cheese, or our perfecto PB&Jam, or in a pickle's Chow Down Chicken Salad... that's what we're talking about... can you say INCREDIBLE?  Pair your sandwich with some slaw that will make you want to sit up and say SERIOUSLY?  You can order our sassy, sweet & spicy pickles on the side as well, and don't forget to wash it down with HOLY KAMBUCHA's Blood Orange and Green Apple Ginger... It's naturally GREAT! 

We got  you covered this holiday weekend... make it a pickle perfect one and don't forget...

 

Life's greatest moments     start                              

in a pickle!

OPENING DAY... COWTOWN CHOW DOWN

Cowtown Chow Down opens today with the ribbon cutting ceremony at 10 am and after that ... drum roll puleese.... Foodies... drum roll puleese!!!  Come on out and get a bite, listen to some live entertainment, sit under an outdoor canopy and surf with free wi-fi, bring a friend and CHOW DOWN!

in a pickle's fancy food trailer will be there along with many others... What are you in a pickle for???  We'll have brisket with our fab tomato jam... or need a bit of Cajun - try James' Jambalaya... feeling some hummus... try Sitto's hummus and top it off with Hashawa... Karen's grandmothers' speciality:  ground meat mixed with onions, lemon, nuts and cinnamon...yummy! 
Whatever you are in a pickle for... we've probably got it or will get it!  Let us know and visit us at our new food park home...
Cowtown Chow Down, 1100 N. Main in Fort Worth between downtown and the Stockyards.

Drop in and say, "Hey" and order some splendiferous delights!

KowabongaBABY!... One Day and Counting

Join us tomorrow for the Grand Opening of the newest Fort Worth Food Park
Cowtown Chow Down it's promising to be a Fort Worth FAVORITE.  







Opening ceremonies begin at 10am ... come hob nob with the mayor, see a few ribbons flying and have some GREAT food.
in a pickle's fancy food trailer will be there serving up some incredible dishes


... and you can wash all of it down with   HOLY KOMBUCHA...  if you aren't familiar with the elixir of long life ... check them out at their website holykombucha.com.  It's a refreshing drink that gives you a boost of energy along with all the good stuff like antioxidants, probiotics and such!  Serving holykombucha alongside some in a pickle splendiferous foods might just have you shouting out - kowabonga baby!  

What are you in a pickle for??? Maybe some Cajun fare is just what you need... try a little of James' JAMBALAYA, ... you'll be back for more!

See 'ya Thursday.. the 17th... TOMORROW!!!
Cowtown Chow Down 1100 N. Main St.  halfway between downtown Fort Worth and the Stockyards...

 

in a pickle COUNTDOWN to CHOW DOWN

We are counting down until May 17th when we will have our fancy food trailer at the Cowtown Chow Down opening in Fort Worth!  Woo Hoo!

But before we get the pickle before the cart... Happy Mother's Day!!!  in a pickle will be at the White Rock Local Market this weekend where it's an Everything Market!  You can find all kinds of delights... and be sure and stop by and say, "Hey" we'll have our artisan jams and sweet and spicy pickles!  Pick up a few for Mom... cause one jar won't do it (you know Dad will be all up in it) - stock up and wish your Mom a happy day with in a pickle wares!  

And now onto our countdown... James is painstakingly working on the menu for the upcoming weeks and you can count on something incredibly Cajun, and some splendiferous sandwiches... let's just say,  you've not tasted pimento cheese until you've tasted in a pickle style pimento cheese... it's not what yo' momma served... it's a little spicy, a little sweet and James has got it down... baby!  Sorry, we just get a little excited about our in a pickle pimento cheese! And wait til you try our PB & jam, sandwiches - they'll knock your socks off.   He's planning on some other delights too... and we would be remiss if we didn't kick off opening week at the Chow Down WITHOUT Brisket... shoot Fort Worth wouldn't be the same without some COW!... It's gonna be good!  So make sure you giddy up right on down to Cowtown Chow Down at 1100 N. Main St.  halfway between downtown Fort Worth and the Stockyards where you'll want to feast on whatever you're in a pickle for whether it's Louisiana, Lebanese (we're talking Karen's family recipes) or Texan.....  right out of the shoot in a pickle will bring you some awesome hummus topped with Sitto's (Karen's grandmother) recipe for HASHWA, a Lebanese  dish to die for... slap some of that on a pita and you're guaranteed to be back for more!  So make a date... May 17th, Cowtown Chow Down and COME HUNGRY!

Rollin' With in a pickle

in a pickle fancy food trailer

Our fancy food trailer is movin' and a shakin' ... stare at her.... can't you see her moves??  No???  Well, come check her out up close and personal - she'll be decked out in all her glory at Fort Worth's newest Foodie Truck/Trailer Park on Main Street... soon!!!!

Cowtown Chow Down Food Park

 The Cowtown Chow Down  is putting in all the accoutrements that a fine Foodie Park needs... and coming in April we'll be there along with other Food Trucks and Trailers to serve up some incredible, splendiferous FOOD!  We're thinking that James may cook up some Louisana Boudin, there might also be some Lebanese favs too.  We're salivating just thinking about it!  We'll let you know what we're cooking as we get closer to move-in date.

in a pickle will be serving up some sweet and spicy pickle chips and actually you'll be able to pick up all our line of pickles and jams this weekend at White Rock Local Market.  Rain or Shine!  It's Opening Day so stop by on Saturday from 8am until 1pm - the address is 702 N. Buckner Blvd, Dallas...  Karen will have Spicy Orange Lemon Marmalade until it runs out and of course all our other seasonal artisan jams.

Bolsa Mercado

We will also be at Bolsa Mercado in Dallas on Saturday sampling our jams from 1pm to 4pm and you can buy there too!  Stop by and say, "Hey" to James!  Proclaim your Pickle Proudness!

in a pickle foods

AND in our own backyard... a new market!  Dos Gringos Locos Market at 1015 University Drive in Fort Worth.  Opening Day is this Saturday from 9am until 1pm.  Danette's Urban Oasis will be there selling great products INCLUDING our line of pickles and jams.  So check it out and be and sure you tell Danette we sent ya... And that you're rollin' with in a pickle! 


 

Sweetness! Happy Valentine's

We were at a lovely party the other night and had a great little hors 'doeuvre... it was on a beautiful plate (presentation... presentation... presentation) and the plate was coated with cream cheese, a generous amount of caramel mixed with pecan halves was drizzled on top and slices of apples were generously arranged around the edges of the plate!  Very simple, quite good and it got us thinking... hmmm... here's one we haven't tried yet... but could be splendiferous (have you noticed we never get tired of that word).. How 'bout taking our Spicy Orange Lemon Marmalade and letting it dance with a medium Camembert and of course apple slices on the side... ummm... or taking our Apple Bourbon Cinnamon Jam slathering it over cream cheese and serving it up with water crackers or apple slices.  How's that for sweetness for the upcoming sweetest day of the year?... We're liking it... we may have to serve both!

You can buy our sweet jams, and all our other products this Valentine's Day for a sweet price of only $6.50 a jar... as you know if you've been reading this blog... our website is undergoing updates so give James a shout at 817.584.5835  to order right now... this deal is ONLY good through Valentine's Day!

It's a sweet time for us too!  In a pickle foods is now coming to you from Greenling a LOCAL delivery grocery service and... drum roll please...   Hello Fort Worth...Gourmet to go just got better!!!!  Feastivities, Inc. is now carrying in a pickle products... Lemony Pear Vanilla Bean... Apple Bourbon Cinnamon... Sweet and Spicy Tomato Jam... Spicy Orange Lemon Marmalade ...we're there!  Be sure and visit our new pickle peeps and tell them "Hey"!!!  
AND visit us Saturday, February 11th in Dallas at Bolsa Mercado from 11 to 3 we'll be packing the sweetness and you can sample it too!!!...

 

                          Happy Valentine's Day Ya'll!