Patriotic Pickles

Have you ever wondered what a patriotic pickle would taste like? Well, you're probably thinking... not... and you probably aren't alone... But we here at in a pickle are always coming up with pickle thoughts especially since we are in the kitchen 24-7!

You know...
Patriotism is a cultural attachment to ones homeland and we're pretty attached to the little green gems that got us started , in fact we LOVE our little sweet and spicy gems... Just like we like our little jammy gems as well.... And you too can enjoy our fare of pickles, jams and jellies during your patriotic celebrations or just at down home parties! Every little event turns into a splendiferous one with in a pickle sliders or apple bourbon pie made with iap jam... It makes your mouth zing and sing and soon you'll realize that life's greatest moments happen when your in a pickle!

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!

Happy Trails!

     We headlined this post with Happy because we truly are blessed and happy to have met so many great folks along this in a pickle journey.   

photo courtesy jill johnson

     As we kick off a new year of Farmer's Markets this month, with what has grown to be one of our fav -  White Rock Local Market, we reflect back on our beginnings and how we started - we can't even begin to tell you how sad we are to know that one of our biggest supporters is not around... 

photo courtesy jill johnson

We lost one of our Westies - Mac, or THE MAC ATTACK as we so fondly called him... last month.   




Although, we mourn - we also know that a part of him will always be with us and that HAPPY is one of those feelings that he helped write in our minds... and going forth there will always be Happy Trails ... 

     So to all of our pickle peeps, our friends, our business partners, those of you who might feel like their in a pickle today ... just know that we wish you Happy Trails this year, and hope that our paths may cross and that our happiness may bring you good feelings as well.

photo courtesy jill johnson

     Look for us at WRLM, 9150 Garland Rd., Dallas TX 75218, Saturday, March 2 from 8am - 1pm ... and the Carrollton Gourmet Food Truck Event "Food Truckin For A Cure"   from 4pm to 9pm... and don't forget April 26-28, the 3-day Austin Food and Wine Festival ... we'll be there!  Happy Trails!

Super Bowl Countdown ... Pickle Soup?

Having a few folks over for the Super Bowl?  How 'bout an in a pickle Souper Bowl Party?

Yep we're putting our best products on the 50 yard line and serving them up for our fans.

This week you'll find a recipe that we found called Pickle Soup.  Our test kitchen hasn't tried it out yet but we're going to... so if you dare... punt and try this recipe... go ahead... Let us know if you do!  AND we'll let you know when we serve it up too ... the in a pickle way with our sweet and spicy Originals and our Bread and Butter chunks!  I mean pickle soup... we hear it's a Polish delight.  Any Polish Pickle Peeps out there???

in a pickle Souper Bowl
Ingredients:
3 pork chops on the bone
5 large red potatoes, peeled and cubed
2 carrots, peeled and chunked
2 jars of in a pickle Originals or Bread and Butter chunks, drained (reserve pickle juice)
1 tsp of dried parsley
3 bay leaves
1 tsp sea salt
1 can chicken broth
cream


Boil pork chops in large soup pot until meat falls off the bone, skimming the fat periodically.  When the meat is fully cooked remove the meat and bone and set aside.  Strain the broth removing any remaining fat.  Add the can of chicken broth, potatoes, carrots and pickles and bring to a boil.  Add the dried parsley, bay leaves and sea salt.  Simmer until the potatoes and carrots are tender - Separate the meat into small portions and reintroduce into the soup along with a small amount of pickle juice to taste and enough cream to slightly thicken the mixture.  Bon appetit pickle peeps!


Check out our newest venue in Dallas at the new neighborhood market the Green Grocer.

We've Brought in the Big Guns

     It's hot in our kitchen these days - we're making product fast and furiously in preparation for the holiday season.  There's much to do...
     AND, although we are managing to keep up, James thought it was time to bring in the big guns... so, he made a few pleas and sure enough... Momma Pat has arrived!  Nothin' like havin' a little help from your momma!
     So you might be wondering what Momma Pat's presence will do for YOU???  Well, pickle peeps... her valuable splendiferous advice accompanied with a little lovin' that only a momma can do will make everything just right at in a pickle AND you'll be able to go online at inapicklefoods.com, or catch us at our local upcoming venues and grab some great handmade jams and pickles for holiday gifts and parties.... Thanks Momma Pat!

     

  Here's a current list of what's in stock... 

apple bourbon cinnamon........

lemon fig preserves..........  

orangy fig jam...... peach cinnamon jam........ lemon pear vanilla....... cranberry orange jam........ sweet and spicy tomato jam........ spicy satsuma lemon marmalade..... AND sweet & spicy  PICKLES...

     



Look for us this Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2 and 3 at the 34th annualHappy Hollydays Bazaar in Dallas at 3920 Caruth on the Hyer Elementary School Grounds.

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!

Rain, Baseball, and New Friends Too!

Well the rain put the Texas Rangers in a pickle this weekend - when the deluge postponed their game with the A's and put them into a double split on Sunday.  

The wet stuff was definitely a game changer for a lot of events this weekend in the Fort Worth-Dallas area...the White Rock Local Market, as well at Saint Michael's Market was rained out... but look for us next time... Hey, you know though... we are all about being in a pickle ... because we know what to do if one is in a pickle... think smart, drink smart ... and eat in a pickle foods' products ... ahhh... life's greatest moments truly do start when you're in a pickle...

We did have a great time on Sunday at a new venue in Dallas called the Knox Strass Urban Market.  The neighborhood folk at Knox (Karen gives a shout out!!!) is really changing it up a bit with a European Flair.  We sold pickles and our artisan jams along side a bier garten, music and art... we made some new friends ... those we can now count as Knox Pickle Peeps...





And we can't forget our new pickle peeps down south in Meridian and Clifton at the Red Caboose Winery and vineyard... 

yep they were grape stompin' in September when we took our sweet and spicy Originals down. 


AND what a combo when you throw a little in a pickle artisan jam down on a cracker add a bit of chevre... top that off with an award winning Cab featured at Red Caboose and your in the money... babyyyyy!  Woo Hoo!  

  

New friends, new pickle peeps and life's greatest moments that's a great way to kick off our fall!  So don't get in a pickle unless you're in it with us... knee deep and pickle proud!

...Don't forget, the holidays are creepin' up fast... make your list and check it twice... we've got Peach Cinnamon Jam, Apple Bourbon Cinnamon Jam, Whole Fig Preserves and lots more to stuff your stockings !

We be jammin'

When you think of jam, perhaps you think of a traffic jam... Did you know that in 2010, China was crowned the unofficial "host" of the largest traffic jam ever recorded??  The cars stretched for more than 62 miles (100 km) and lasted for 12 days!  The traffic jam occurred on the Beijing-Tibet Expressway near Beijing and was caused by trucks carrying construction supplies to Beijing to ironically help ease traffic on the Expressway!

OR maybe when you think of jam you think of Pearl Jam...  the rock band that was formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990... they were one of the first alternative rock bands...

OR maybe you think of preserved fruit... the making of preserves, jellies and jams reportedly began centuries ago in the Middle East and according to the International Jelly and Preserve Association, "It is believed that returning Crusaders first introduced jam and jelly to Europe, in fact the use of cane sugar to make jam and jelly can be traced back to the 16th century when the Spanish came to the West Indies where they preserved fruit.."

So we here at in a pickle foods didn't invent the wheel BUT we are sure dressing it up!  

in a pickle foods' jams and pickles

 



Maybe you've tried one of our artisan jams made in small batches ... Apple Bourbon Cinnamon Jam; Lemony Pear Vanilla Bean Jam; Orangy Fig Jam; Sweet and Spicy Tomato Jam;  Spicy Satsuma Orange Lemon Marmalade;




Wild Citrus Grape Jelly; Peach Cinnamon Jam; Blueberry Lime Jam; Peach Chocolate Jam; Strawberry Vanilla Bean; Fig and Lemon Preserves OR some other in a pickle foods' product that wets your whistle! 




Let us know here...  AND tell us what you think should be our next big jammin' product! We'll take a tally and publish your comments here and on facebook. 

In a Pickle AND need some product???  Just mosey on over to our web page at inapicklefoods.com and give us a shout out!

Bare Naked Pickles

Bare Naked before the Label

James has been busy in the kitchen for the last several weeks.  

Here's a shot of our signature B&B (bread and butter) pickles laid out and ready for their label... 



if you take a closer look
you'll see the really special way
our cukes are reaching out to you... see??? SEE??? It's almost if they were shouting out "Take a bite"... "Take a bite" sorry... I just can't help but get excited when we are in the kitchen making product.

Inspecting the bounty

Here's Mr. Richards performing a quality inspection of in a pickle's cinnamon peach jam.  He's got a tough job:  to perform a quality inspection when those peaches are singing "Taste me.. Taste me!"  

in a pickle Cinnamon Peach Jam

 








Our combo of peaches, cinnamon and hazelnut liqueur bring the taste of Momma's peach cobbler right out of the jar to you.






From our sweet and spicy tomato jam, a classic that brings together tomatoes and savory spices that gives a grilled burger a dynamite finish

in a pickle Sweet & Spicy Tomato Jam

 



..to our bare naked Bread and Butter's, you can bet in a pickle foods 

 
is gearing up
 

 

to blow the lid off your foodie favs.  

And you pickle peeps can count on it being a great moment!

Because we all know... life's greatest moments start ... in  a pickle!

Happy Birthday

 


Wow!  It's hard for us to believe that it has been three years since we sold our first pickle!  What a journey we've taken and what a lot of great people we've met along the way! 


 From the first pickle jar of our Original Sweet & Spicy pickles to our newest artisan batch of Rum Peaches and Cream jam... 

 
it's been an incredible road full of ups and downs, fun times and truly in a pickle moments!  

This month is special because it's our birthday month and wouldn't you know we are in good company... it would have been Julia Child's 100th birthday month.  Well, in a pickle foods is a long way from boeuf bourguignon but while we were thinking of Julia, and all her delightful inspirations, we thought about how Julia may have used our products.  May we suggest that her BEEF may benefit by substituting that tomato paste with in a pickles' Tomato Jam... and Julia's Egg Burritos?  Well, substitute that pepper sauce with our diced Original Sweet & Spicy Pickles... and Julia's Cherry Clafouti ... yep... in a pickle foods Blueberry Lime Jam instead of the cherries...
 

So here's a little salute to the larger than life, popular TV chef and author... ahhh... if Julia was still around we bet she would agree... life's greatest moments start in a  pickle!

And... another momentous occasion... the USDA has declared August 5 - 12 as National Farmers Market Week, in order to raise awareness of U.S.  markets... about 8, 000 of them... supporting local food systems and local entrepreneurs like us. 

Look for in a pickle at White Rock Local Market and St. Michael's FreshFarm Market.. you can order online, find us at your favorite little shop and if we are not there... ask for us... we'll be the ones with a party hat on in August!                    

Just call us the partyin' pickle peeps!    Happy Birthday to us... Happy Birthday to us... 

What's Cookin'?

We've been busy whipping up some delicious artisan jams in the kitchen this week. Peach Cinnamon... Peach Chocolate... Blueberry lime... Strawberry vanilla.... SPLENDIFEROUS!

 

You can catch us at White Rock Local Market this Saturday, or wholesalers - at the Dallas Gourmet Market... and starting June 30 in Dallas at Saint Michael and All Angels north parking lot from 8am until 12pm. The Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church is located at 8011 Douglas in Dallas.  in a pickle foods will be there the first and third weekend of each month... come on out and try our pickles and artisan seasonal jams and you will discover our secret... life's greatest moments start in a pickle!

in a pickle welcomes summer with this delightfully refreshing salad...


Spinach, Berry and Brie Salad

baby spinach leaves
15 snow peas (blanched)
brie cheese (cut into wedges)
1/2 cup of blueberries
black pepper
in a pickle italian dressing




iap dressing
2 TBLS of iap peach cinnamon jam
olive oil
champagne vinegar to taste 
sea salt and cracked black pepper
Whip the ingredients together and drizzle over the salad



Combine all ingredients,  and drizzle with iap dressing.  Serve this with nice crusty bread!