Need help for bread and butter pickles label in English and Thai

[papillon 695]

Assuming you're not kidding. You make a bread and butter sandwich and put some bread and butter pickles in as well. I'm not sure how healthy the bread and butter would be, but the pickles are probably OK.

 

Okay thanks.

 

No, I wasn't kidding. You said " I guess people make sandwiches with them, along with butter?" and then went on to say " I've tried them before and I've tried the bread and butter bit." Kinda confusing. Reads like the pickled Cucumbers could come packaged with some sort of gimmicky bread and butter thingys.

 

Basically we're talking about pickled cucumbers that you can put in a sandwich. It's a fucking stupid name, the cunt who thought of it should be shot.

 

What next? Bread and Butter Ham? Bread and Butter Chicken Breast? I bet it was one of those wierd Amish Motherfuckers with Dutch ancestry. Cunts, lol.

[Gary 4,119]

I have no idea how bread and butter pickles got their name but that is normally what they are called in the US, I'd just call them Grandma's Bread and Butter pickles. If you are going to produce them, Grandma's Sweet Relish should be next. I found a jar of Del Monte hamburger relish, it is very expensive, and edible but far from being tasty.

 

Whatever you name the product, it has to be good. I once bought a jar of Howie's dill pickles. I don't know who Howie is but he obviously had no idea of what dill is and the pickles were soggy as hell. They sucked big time. I threw them away. I'll never buy anything with Howie's name on it again.

[MM 6,562]

This is all pretty funny. The OP made his post and stayed on the board for 40-50 minutes after that....and has not logged in since then (Jan 29).

 

And yet, the topic keeps ticking along.

[yogi100 1,925]

I've never availed myself of pickled cucumber. In its natural state I find it a somewhat watery, flavourless, bland vegetable and in its pickled state it would have much the same flavour albeit simply rather vinegary.

 

Now a pickled walnut, onion or red cabbage would be a much more attractive proposition and would be a more successful venture if made available at a sensible price, not the extortionate sums demanded for some Western comestibles that we see on offer on the supermarket shelves of Pattaya.

Edited March 5, 2013 by yogi100

[papillon 695]

Maybe substitute the Vinegar with Thai Whiskey.

[yogi100 1,925]

This is all pretty funny. The OP made his post and stayed on the board for 40-50 minutes after that....and has not logged in since then (Jan 29).

 

And yet, the topic keeps ticking along.

 

That's because bachelors and sometimes men married to native women in a foreign country often get a yen for the culinary delights of their original homeland.

 

I'm from London and a popular dish in that metropolis is a bowl of jellied eels with chilli vinegar and pepper. It may not appeal to all palates but I look forward to having some on my return to London although is now considered something of a rather expensive delicacy. A fact that accounts for it now being considered being an occasional treat rather than a regular repast, this is due to the scarcity of suitable eels that were once native to the River Thames and its surrounding tributaries and marshland.

[Gary 4,119]

Maybe he is a troll and seeing what kind of reaction he would get. Troll or not Thailand can definitely use some decent pickles. A good sliced dill pickle can make a shit hamburger edible.

[Guest Fatboyfat]

Maybe he is a troll and seeing what kind of reaction he would get. Troll or not Thailand can definitely use some decent pickles. A good sliced dill pickle can make a shit hamburger edible.

That's the bit that the messy buggers pull out and throw on the pavement outside the MacDs and BKs in the UK !

[Gary 4,119]

That's the bit that the messy buggers pull out and throw on the pavement outside the MacDs and BKs in the UK ! <_>

 

There's just no accounting for taste.

[papillon 695]

That's the bit that the messy buggers pull out and throw on the pavement outside the MacDs and BKs in the UK ! <_>

 

I do that too (throw it in the bin).

[js007 795]

I have no idea how bread and butter pickles got their name but that is normally what they are called in the US, I'd just call them Grandma's Bread and Butter pickles. If you are going to produce them, Grandma's Sweet Relish should be next. I found a jar of Del Monte hamburger relish, it is very expensive, and edible but far from being tasty.

 

Whatever you name the product, it has to be good. I once bought a jar of Howie's dill pickles. I don't know who Howie is but he obviously had no idea of what dill is and the pickles were soggy as hell. They sucked big time. I threw them away. I'll never buy anything with Howie's name on it again.

 

How did they get their name? I looked it up and, from what I read on a few different sites, the name originated during the Depression. People had bread and butter and maybe some pickles, and started making bread and butter sandwiches with pickles, in lieu of something more substantial. I guess that makes some sense.

[jacko 8,815]

I've never availed myself of pickled cucumber. In its natural state I find it a somewhat watery, flavourless, bland vegetable and in its pickled state it would have much the same flavour albeit simply rather vinegary.

 

Now a pickled walnut, onion or red cabbage would be a much more attractive proposition and would be a more successful venture if made available at a sensible price, not the extortionate sums demanded for some Western comestibles that we see on offer on the supermarket shelves of Pattaya.

Have always liked mixed pickles and seek out the cauliflower... love that crunchiness.

 

Has anybody else bought what they thought were pickled cocktail onions in Thailand, only to find they had pickled garlic cloves?

Edited March 5, 2013 by jacko

[Guest Fatboyfat]

Have always liked mixed pickles and seek out the cauliflower... love that crunchiness.

 

Has anybody else bought what they thought were pickled cocktail onions in Thailand, only to find they had pickled garlic cloves?

The "missus" got some for me, but they were more like a pickled radish than garlic cloves. I actually preferred them to the pickled onion I was after. I like the spiced, pickled shallots in the UK; more crunch!, they look a bit like giant garlic cloves too.

[jacko 8,815]

The "missus" got some for me, but they were more like a pickled radish than garlic cloves. I actually preferred them to the pickled onion I was after. I like the spiced, pickled shallots in the UK; more crunch!, they look a bit like giant garlic cloves too.

They may well have been radish.... hard to be sure, but it was not what I was looking for on my cheese, HP and pickles sarny!

[yogi100 1,925]

My Mother used to pickle shallots and they were indeed tastier than onions. All she used to do was take off the outer peel, lay then out on a large plate, sprinkle them with salt and leave them over night then the next day put them in a jar full of vinegar and Bob was you uncle in a few weeks time. Back in those days the use of chilli was unheard of but a few bits of chilli added to the vinegar would give them that extra spicy flavour.

 

Chilli vinegar has been available in the few pie, mash and eel shops that remain in London for several years, an example of how an exotic spice has enhanced a traditional, old fashioned dish.

 

Should you be able to obtain shallots in the LOS you can pickle them yourself and probably save quite a few bahts into the bargain as we are all only too well aware of the rip off prices Thai supermatkets charge for Western food products.

Edited March 6, 2013 by yogi100

[yogi100 1,925]

Have always liked mixed pickles and seek out the cauliflower... love that crunchiness.

 

Has anybody else bought what they thought were pickled cocktail onions in Thailand, only to find they had pickled garlic cloves?

 

Cauliflower does indeed lend itself well to pickling. A chum of mine who lives in Pattaya has taught himself to be an accomplished cook actually makes his own piccalilli and very nice it is too. As you know piccalilli is a variety of pickle which along with other ingredients contains cauliflower.

 

He is also a dab hand when it comes to making pork pies, his version leaves the world famous Melton Mowbray pork pie back at the starting gate. A slice of it with a dollop of his home made piccalilli along with a nice cup of tea makes an extremely agreeable snack

[papillon 695]

Must be able to get Branston Pickle over there?

[Guest Fatboyfat]

Must be able to get Branston Pickle over there?

It took many years,but it can now be obtained.

Sadly my favourite "Pan Yan Pickle" was bought up by the Branston bastards and then wiped off the face of the earth; with the excuse now that they can't bring it back, coz' the recipe got burnt in a factory fire !

[jacko 8,815]

My Mother used to pickle shallots and they were indeed tastier than onions. All she used to do was take off the outer peel, lay then out on a large plate, sprinkle them with salt and leave them over night then the next day put them in a jar full of vinegar and Bob was you uncle in a few weeks time. Back in those days the use of chilli was unheard of but a few bits of chilli added to the vinegar would give them that extra spicy flavour.

 

Chilli vinegar has been available in the few pie, mash and eel shops that remain in London for several years, an example of how an exotic spice has enhanced a traditional, old fashioned dish.

 

Should you be able to obtain shallots in the LOS you can pickle them yourself and probably save quite a few bahts into the bargain as we are all only too well aware of the rip off prices Thai supermatkets charge for Western food products.

Good suggestion..... shallots are readily available here, being more common than the big white onions, and white vinegar easily available and cheap.

[jacko 8,815]

Must be able to get Branston Pickle over there?

I got some called 'Branson' (I think it was) once..... nearly the same but not quite right.

Now I have a jar of the real stuff in the suitcase next to the Heinz salad cream when flying back.

Branston is my choice with pork pies.... and cheese.

[yogi100 1,925]

What the OP or any other enterprising would be manufacturer and supplier of pickled products in Pattaya should bear in mind is the fact that the town has become very popular with our friends from the Russian Federation.

 

In that vast country with its vicious winter climate the growing and preserving of food is absolutely essential in order to survive the long winter months so Ivan and Svetlana are familiar and skilled in different methods of preservative pickling to such a degree that more pickling goes on in Mother Russia than any other nation on earth.

 

Pickled mushrooms and tomatoes are very popular in Russia and the OP would be well advised to direct his skills in the direction of the production, preserving and marketing of these vegetables which are both plentiful and cheap in the Land of Smiles.

[yogi100 1,925]

I got some called 'Branson' (I think it was) once..... nearly the same but not quite right.

Now I have a jar of the real stuff in the suitcase next to the Heinz salad cream when flying back.

Branston is my choice with pork pies.... and cheese.

 

It took many years,but it can now be obtained.

Sadly my favourite "Pan Yan Pickle" was bought up by the Branston bastards and then wiped off the face of the earth; with the excuse now that they can't bring it back, coz' the recipe got burnt in a factory fire !

 

Quite right too.

 

You'd think that posh money grabbing bastard had enough cash as it is what with his being in the BeeGees and owning all the various Virgin companies and his own Pickle Company. What the betting he puts in a bid for Haywards or Crosse and Blackwell in the near furure

[tomcat76 327]

I've done my own pickled carrots by just reusing the pickle juice that dill pickles come in. (You have to understand; I love carrots.) Maintaining the crunchiness of the carrot is the hard part. I think Mexicans like to pickle carrots as well, but spice it up a bit.