Was at my local Safeway today and it see mes they are phasing out American products finally. The Bicks were almost gone and when they are, no more.

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  • AstralPath@lemmy.ca
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    3 hours ago

    That’s fine. Most of Bick’s pickles are soft and underwhelming anyway. This is what you’ll want to buy instead. You can find them a Giant Tiger and elsewhere I’m sure. Best pickles of them all.

  • kent_eh@lemmy.ca
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    17 hours ago

    Yet another product that started as a Canadian brand, but was bought out by an American conglomerate.

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    18 hours ago

    Metro has started stocking Brine co pickles and they’re honestly way way better than Bick’s. Crunchier and a more complex flavour.

  • Canconda@lemmy.ca
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    Making your own pickles is surprisingly easy FYI!

    Plus once you have a pickle jar you can just add more cucumbers so you never run out!

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      I have heard this before, but I had assumed I’d end up with a pickle-y cucumber at best. Is this really all there is to it? How long could one expect the brine to keep doing its thing?

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        You do. But afaik that’s just cuz pickling cucumbers are different than salad cucumbers. Personally I find the difference negligible, but pickle connoisseurs will likely disagree.

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          I think pickling cucumbers are supposed to stay crisper, but a lot of it is technique too. Last batch of lacto pickles I did, I didn’t cut the blossom end off and apparently that keeps them snappy, supposedly tannins and stuff like calcium chloride help too, I didn’t add bayleaf until they’d pretty much already done their thing.

          Tasted great but texture wasn’t what I wanted, way too soft, they got used for potato salad though. Did the same thing with jalapeño though and those turned out amazing, they have a different flavour than the ones you can usually buy, but it somehow works.

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        17 hours ago

        I reeally want to try pickled eggs but years of watching the Simpsons have me thinking about the nasty jar of eggs in Moe’s tavern.

        One day I’ll get over it.

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          13 hours ago

          The best are using the juice from pickled beets. Then throw some hard boiled eggs in there. Nice pink pickled eggs.

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            15 hours ago

            Even better, make chive blossom vinegar, and use that as the base for pickled quail eggs.

            I did this a few weeks ago after having made a quart of chive blossom vinegar (tho I used way way more blossoms than most recipes call for, because I like the flavor and have plenty), and they turned out a lovely pink and taste awesome.

    • BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world
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      16 hours ago

      Those are Matt & Steve’s. They sometimes do other pickled veggies and are also a Canadian brand. If you get the chance, try their spicy asparagus.

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    Pickles are gross anyway

    Edit: I support anybody who wants to buy gross Canadian pickles instead of gross American pickles though.

    • sugarfoot00@lemmy.ca
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      6 hours ago

      lol. Pickles do seem to have that effect on some. I have a friend that has a shirt that says that ‘Pickles are just cucumbers soaked in evil’.