Today’s pickle is Whalen’s Horseradish and Garlic Pickles. Whalen’s is a company that specializes in Horseradish; Whalen’s is still a small business that hand grounds its horse radish. I know there are a lot of horseradish pickles out there, but these are dills and a lot of the more common horseradish varieties are actually sweet pickles. (Nathan’s has yet another pickle I need to try.) They are located in NY state and don’t widely distribute. You can get their products at a few stores near Saratoga Springs, NY or online. If you are curious about the taste, do it! These pickles are scrumptious! The brine has horseradish in it. I have finished one of the two jars I ordered. I want to save the brine, but I am unsure what I would do with it. If it had a lot of other spices I could throw it in a dish, but I am not sure what to do with brine that is overwhelmingly full of horseradish. I will have to contemplate that for a few days. I do know that when we can our own pickles I am going to do a horseradish jar or two! I probably won’t grind my own horseradish, but hopefully my horseradish pickles will be at least partially satisfying. They are not quite as hot as I expected, but I love them! Here is a video of how the horseradish is made when Whalen’s was featured on Roker on the Road. I enjoyed this little human interest story.
You can see from the title of my blog that I am going to talk about Hermit Crabs. Hermit Crabs are the hottest pet in our neighborhood. Today, Alberto got a text message from Claire asking if she could buy a hermit crab while she was making a PetCo run with my neighbor. She texted Alberto with this question, because Alberto is far more likely to say yes than I am, but much to my relief he said, “ no”, or at least not now. Sadly, another one of our neighbors decided that our kids really needed hermit crabs, so we are now the pet owners of two hermit crabs. Jacob’s hermit crab, Sharkey, has already pinched a little girl in the neighborhood. :sigh: Oh well, maybe the new additions to our family will eat pickles and give me something to write about….
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