In the Spirit of Mardi Gras

We couldn't let Fat Tuesday pass us by without a little doo-dad of a recipe to help all our pickle peeps get through the Lenten season.  You know the period before Easter where Christian's center on prayer, penance, fasting and self-denial. 

Here's a pickle dip recipe to try while you're working on the fasting and self-denial... it's low calorie, a little spicy to help you remember to not eat too much and just the right ingredients for a small get together...  Enjoy!



Lenten in a pickle dip

16 oz. low fat sour cream
8 oz. non-fat cream cheese (room temp)
1 garlic clove, minced
garlic salt to taste
1/4 cup of diced Original in a pickle
2 TBLS. of diced Original in a pickle peppers
pickle juice

Beat the sour cream and cream cheese along with the garlic.  Add pickle juice for desired consistency.  Add pickles and peppers.  Refrigerate 2 hours - overnight.  Serve with carrots, or baked chips!

Yummy!  And no guilty feelings required!

IT'S MORE THAN JUST A NAME

Okay Pickle Peeps, have you ever wondered what it would take to make some awesome, spicy/sweet pickles?  Well... Karen had been making her splendiferous chips since 1993, and we thought, "Shoot, we should share a little bit of heaven with everyone.  So we began our pickle journey in July of 2010 and we've never looked back.  

So, back to my original question... "Ever wondered what it would take to make some splendiferous pickles???"  I'm here to tell you it takes a lot!  It's one thing... to make the pickles but there's much more to in a pickle than the preparation... you've got the labeling, the printing, the packaging, the shipping... we're going to stop here for a moment and take a look at the in a pickle process - in particular - the James Express in action...

The pickle mobile loaded with packing boxes

Stuffed to the brim

Headed to the warehouse

 

After our pickles are prepared, jarred and labeled - we then prepare the jars to be packed... and ship them out to people like you... and by the way, if your in a pickle supply is low, just call James at 817.584.5835 and he'll get right on it!  Or always you can order online at inapicklefoods.com.

Johnny Cash Ain't Got Nothin' On The Pickle

You may remember the Man In Black singing,

"I've been everywhere, man. I've breathed the mountain air, man.

Of travel I've had my share, man" 
Yeah.. you get the idea... our fav... 

"I've been to

Boston, Charleston, Dayton, Louisiana,
Washington, Houston, Kingston, Texarkana,
Monterrey, Faraday, Santa Fe, Tallapoosa,
Glen Rock, Black Rock, Little Rock, Oskaloosa,
Tennessee, Hennessey, Chicopee, Spirit Lake,
Grand Lake, Devils Lake, Crater Lake, for Pete's sake."...

and it goes on...

Well... here's our new pickle song...
let us know what 

you think...

We' want to be everywhere, man...
in a pickle's in the mountain air, man.
We're coming into our own, man...
We're in...

Fort Worth, Lincoln, Dallas, Hiawatha...
Loveland, Fredericksburg, Kearney, Lubbock...
Prescott, Lafayette, Fayetteville, Petoskey...
Corpus Christi, Spring, Edmond, Broussard...
Bexley, Minden, Edmond, Arlington...
Carnesville, Chicago, Darien, Mansfield...

even Euless, and Baton Rouge for Pete's sake!!

We're getting there pickle peeps... you can now purchase our Original pickles at the following locations and always visit us at inapicklefoods.com for online purchases...

Kay's Hallmark Shop/4828 Camp Bowie, Fort Worth, TX  76107

Rodak's 2520 West Pafford, Street, Fort Worth, TX 76110

Hillis and Company 230 N 7th Street, Lincoln, NE  68508

Yo Pop Etc...  14472 Midway Road, Dallas,  TX  75244

Main Street Flower Shop  713 Oregon St, Hiawatha, KS  66434

Almosta 343 4th Street, Loveland, CO  80537

Fredericksburg General Store 143 Main St., Fredericksburg, TX  78624

Shopping Tripps  2210 Central Avenue, Kearney, NE  68847

KK's Craft & Gift Mall  4909 Amherst, Lubbock, TX  79416

Prescott TrueValue 846 Miller Valley Road, Prescott, AZ  86301

The Purple Poppy 2850 Arapahoe #108, Lafayette, CO  80026

Classical Designs 2820 E. Millenium Drive, Fayetteville, AR  72703

Amish Barn  200 Main Street, Spring, TX  77373

Liquid Town 5009 Saratoga, Corpus Christi, TX  78413

Woods Floral and Gourmet 1279 W. Danforth, Edmond, OK  73003

Baton Rouge General  3401 Oak Villa Blvd, Baton Rouge, LA  70814

Loye's Pharmacy & Gifts  814 Homer Road, Minden, LA  71055

Vivian's Decor and Gifts  1209 Albertson Parkway Ste. G, Broussard, LA  70518

ZestFest 2011

What a weekend!  We made hundreds of new pickle friends at the 2011 Zest Fest in Irving, Texas!

If you don't know about Zest Fest you should!  It's a festival held in Irving in January that brings together the spiciest exhibitors and products from around the country.  Food enthusiasts showed up in droves to sample and buy bold and flavorful food and our Original made a great impact.

Karen couldn't put out the samples fast enough, and James couldn't hand out our jars quick enough... needless to say... it was a sizzling weekend for pickles and other goodies!

How hot do you think our pickles are?  Well, some folks think they're hot but many folks down 'em with a smile and chase 'em with another pickle... But really if you wanted to measure our "spicy" in our Original on the Scoville Heat Scale we're about a 2,500 on the heat scale... that's just above poblano many thousands below serrano and about 38,000 away from cayenne... just to give you an idea... we are low on the "hottie" scale but high on the "tasty" scale...
and obviously we have quite a few folks who agree with us... next week we'll let you know what cities our Original is being sold in and of course you can always buy our splendiferous chip online at inapicklefoods.com.

Fancy Foods Show FANTASTIC

Scomo's on the wharf

What a fantastic trip to San Francisco for the Fancy Food Show. We were located in the New Brands section and WOW did we have a great time. 











Our pickles were well received!  
In golf terms, James puts it as a hole in one!  The rush of a hole in one was totally there!  

 


The Food Channel interviewed us... Woo Hoo! We don't want to appear snobby here... but 
to drop just a few names... Williams Sonoma, Food & Wine, and Central Market are our new best buds! 



 


AND there's a sweet restaurant in the wine country of California that loved our pickles!  Click on this link to check out Wine & Roses Hotel, Restaurant and Spa.  Our original may soon make a home there.  

It was a great show, thank you Fancy Food Show we made a lot of new pickle friends!  

And this weekend we are booking orders and making more wholesale buds.. kiss... kiss... we're all decked out in the gourmet section of the Dallas Total Home & Gift Market where we share a booth with our friend Leslie of Luscombe Farm fame.  Her jalapeno pepper jelly OMG it's incredible!  

in a pickle is making pickle strides into the world... won't you come along? 

Follow our blog as we journey into places we've never gone before... you can also follow us on twitter! Pickles and beyond!!!!

A SPLENDIFEROUS NEW YEAR!

Hello to all our Pickle Peeps out there... we are wrapping up our preparations for the Fancy Food Show in San Francisco.  San Francisco here we come!  We're not sure what the Golden Gate City will think of our sassy pickles but we know one thing for certain - we are about to give the whole country a little taste of Splendiferous!

Our pickle professionals have been designing, printing, and putting together everything for our national debut.  How can we go wrong with publicity when you've got buttons that read I like 'em HOT and Pickle Perfect Love Affair???   But the real test will be our Original's taste...   
Oh Baby!  Pucker up and bring 'em on!

We're out there with the big boys...  global brands like Ben & Jerry's, Vitamin Water, Mrs. Fields, Dove Bars and Perrier were launched at The Fancy Food Show... why not in a pickle ...  yeah... why not??? 

We're also gearing up for the Dallas Total Home & Gift Market starting next week, you'll be able to find us in the gourmet section! 

Pickle Peeps Rock!

Well, we've buttoned it all up!  Yep, we've finished our major button project, we're gearing up for the Winter Fancy Food Show... San Francisco here we come. 

During the holidays we had some mighty fun times with family and friends and several of our pickle peeps even took time to drop us a line.

Here's a response from Chuck Beegle in Virginia.  Chuck writes, "Thank you for the Splendiferously different sweet-spicy pickles.  I love your marketing label.  Pickles have to be included in my sandwiches!"

Well, Chuck pickles have to be included in our sandwiches too!  Here's a recipe for an old-fashioned egg sandwich with our in a pickle Original.

Two thin slices of Ciabatta Bread, toasted
Two eggs, gently whisked with a splash of soy
1 tablespoon of chopped in a pickle Original sweet and spicy pickles
1 slice of red onion
mayo (fat-free)
Gouda 

Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in omlette pan,
pour egg mixture into pan, let solidify and turn,
sprinkle gouda on top and remove from pan

Make sandwich with Ciabatta, adding mayo, pickles and onions...

Enjoy!