Double-pickling is the way to go

Mt. Olive (brand) Whole Sours and began using them as her base. Unlike many sweet pickles, these stay crisp. They are the first pickle I ever tasted and still my favorite. (My dad’s mother — my grandmother, Grammy — made pickles starting from cucumbers grown in her garden for years and years until she found a wonderful shortcut. She discovered)

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When I visit my dad and step-mother, Carolyn, in Hattiesburg, Miss, I can count on two things: One, there will be a bowl of her Thousand Island ready to set out for snacking, and, two, there will be a covered glass dish on the kitchen island filled with Grammy’s pickles.