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Item stored frozen! Choose correct shipping option to avoid delays. Item may not arrive frozen despite our insulated system and ice packs; just cool enough to be put safe in the fridge/freezer upon arrival. Read shipping rules. No refund would be made based on this premise.
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Item stored refrigerated! Choose correct shipping option to avoid delays. Item may not arrive cold/frozen despite our insulated system and ice packs; just cool enough to be put safe in the fridge/freezer upon arrival. Read shipping rules. No refund would be made based on this premise. If in Montreal, be sure to add gel packs (click on search and look for GELMTL). It's your decision how many gel packs you want in your order.
Particulars
- Pickling is one of the oldest forms of food preservation, discovered at the dawn of civilization, thousands of years ago in Mesopotamia.
- North Americans prefer pickles with warts while Europeans prefer them wartless.
- Refrigerated versions account for about 20% of all pickle sales.
- International Pickle Week is one of the country’s longest running food promotions. It has been observed for more than 50 years. IPW runs for ten days during the last two weeks in May.
- The pickled vegetable industry has its own trade association: Pickle Packers International, Inc.
- During WWII, the U.S. Government tagged 40% of all pickle production for the ration kits of the armed forces.
- Good pickles have an audible crunch at ten paces. This is measured using an Audible Crunch Meter. Pickles that can only be heard at one pace are known as denture dills.
