Back when my kids were kids, the laundry room/pantry served as storage for the jeweled array of beets, peach pickles, dills, sauerkraut, corn relish, hot peppers, jams, jellies and many forms of tomato products. I pickled garden goodies experimentally and often threatened the munchkins with pickling them as well. Translated, that meant doing chores like…

You butter believe it! These picks have an extra dimension of flavor that I learned from my maternal grandmother’s spiced peach pickle recipe. Oil of cloves and cinnamon coupled with snippets of fresh bay leaves replace pickling spice seasoning. I maintain visions of sitting in her pristine blue and white kitchen enjoying a bowl of…