A damn fine pickle indeed!

Let me apologize by saying this review is a touch premature.  Normally, I like to sample a couple of varaties of a brand of pickles before I write a review to make sure my opinion of the brand is not shaped by one type of pickle.  This did not happen with my latest pickle, Brooklyn Brine's NY Deli Pickles.

Brooklyn Brine is a company that was started by two metal band mates who found a mutual love of pickling.  Brooklyn Brine's mission is to make "a damn fine pickle" and I think they have succeeded in doing so.  In addition to cucumbers, they pickle other things, such as fennel beets and asparagus.  The cucumber varaties include, a damn spicy pickle, whiskey sour pickles and the NY Deli style pickles.  As I mentioned before, I had the NY Deli Style pickles.

 I bought these at Williams and Sonoma, while looking for the always sold-out McClure's.  I had read about these pickles on the Pickle Freak blog and thought I should give them a try.  I liked the label and that they are hand packed.  When I read the ingredients, two stuck out that made me immediately think I was not going to like them, sugar cane and apple cider vinegar.  I was wrong.  These pickles were not too sweet at all.  There was a hint of sugar but the apple cider vinegar made the pickles sour in a good way.  There is red pepper and other spices that made these pickles not only sour but a touch tangy.  Delicious!  I can't wait to try the other cucumbers and vegetable varieties they offer!!!

In other news, I want to give a shout out to super pickle.  As you may remember super pickle is my mascot.  He is stuffed pickle I have sitting on my desk at work.  Well this week my daughter went to a dance intensive and I thought she might need super pickle for luck, so I let her take him to New Mexico.  Well, I miss super pickle.  I hope he is enjoying Santa Fe and I hope Claire is treating him right.  I will see you soon Super Pickle!

A girl with a dream

Miss Jenny use to be a stockbroker.  Miss Jenny lost her job.  Now Miss Jenny makes pickles.  To me, this IS the American dream.
Miss Jenny's story

Watching this story, which I wish was my own, I of course ordered some right away!  I wanted to support a woman in business, especially one who is selling pickles.  Miss Jenny has four types of pickles: salt and pepper, hot salt and pepper, bread and butter and hot bread and butter.  As I have stated before, I am not a huge fan of bread and butter, I did order a jar of those just to taste, but I was very much looking forward to the salt and pepper variety.

Let's start with the good:  these pickles are all natural.  That is definitely a plus.  The two women who are partners in this company are no longer stock brokers.  I also think this is a plus, from there, it kind of goes down hill.

These were definitely the mushiest pickles I have ever eaten.  I also think they are pretty tasteless.  Even the hot pickles were pretty tasteless.  I like a pickle with bite.  Honestly, your no name brand pickles have more taste than these did.  When eaten by themselves the texture was not good, so I thought I would try it on a sandwich.  When I did that, I could barely taste them.  The bread and butter were marginally better, but as I just stated I don't love bread and butter pickles.

Sorry Miss Jenny.  I won't be carrying you in my purse.