Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line?

Re:Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line? (Singeli)

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:46:40 GMT

The best I've had were at The Cock O' the Walk in Natchez, MS.

RE: Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line? (picklekid)

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:29:16 GMT

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Originally posted by Ort. Carlton.

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Originally posted by MaggieC
The Duchess Drive Inn in Atkins, Arkansas began serving fried dill pickles in the summer of 1963. Atkins was the home of the Atkins Pickle Plant and Mr Bernell Austin (the owner of the Duchess) took full advantage of a resource that was plentiful in his town.

Maggie,
Didn't either a fire or a tornado get that pickle plant out of circulation for awhile?
We used to be able to buy Atkins pickles here in Athens, but in recent time they have disappeared. I guess it's just another locally-owned enterprise that was swallowed up by some giant like ConAgra or some such.
In A Pickle ('Cause I Want Some Right Now!), Ort. Carlton in It's-A-Dilly Athens, Georgia.

Atkins did have a tornado back this past February, but the Pickle Plant was closed 4 years ago. Deans Foods owned it and decided to consolidate operations . It moved production to Texas then dropped the Atkins label. So if you find a jar of Atkins Pickles it is a collectors item now.

RE: Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line? (bdtn)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:15:50 GMT

all the large food companys carry pre breaded pickles 5-6 styles.
they also have pre breaded green toematoes,and probably 1000
differnt french frys. so it might pay off to ask if they are house made
when you order.most of the places around(columbia tn.) use pre breaded ones as with ff and ther bbq sauce but that is another story.

RE: Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line? (GNeedles59)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:47:40 GMT

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Originally posted by DaveM

Fried Pickles are a regular part of the menu at Muddy River Smokehouse in Portsmouth,NH.
They are done as ridged slices.

I had a friend that went to Univ. of New Hampshire and we went to this place. This was my introduction to fried pickles and I absolutely loved em! the sauce that came with them was killer.

RE: Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line? (Davydd)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:54:05 GMT

Four years of discussion and no photo of fried dill pickles. Here are the appetizers from the Carter Caves State Resort Park Lodge in eastern Kentucky.

RE: Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line? (Big_Ted)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:26:12 GMT

Lillie,
I'm in Freeport and in the winter time, Larz chicken shack has them. I haven't tried them because Larry started making them only after Shalom at Hog Wild BBQ started doing them. He did Memphis style BBQ and his pickles were addictive. I used to eat them and deep fried jalapenos all the time. *Sniff* I miss his place!

RE: Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line? (Lillie)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:42:53 GMT

Where can I find the deep fried dill pickles in Rockford IL? I will be there for the holidays and would sure like to try them. HELP!!!!!

RE: Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line? (Ort. Carlton.)

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:02:34 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by MaggieC
The Duchess Drive Inn in Atkins, Arkansas began serving fried dill pickles in the summer of 1963. Atkins was the home of the Atkins Pickle Plant and Mr Bernell Austin (the owner of the Duchess) took full advantage of a resource that was plentiful in his town.

Maggie,
Didn't either a fire or a tornado get that pickle plant out of circulation for awhile?
We used to be able to buy Atkins pickles here in Athens, but in recent time they have disappeared. I guess it's just another locally-owned enterprise that was swallowed up by some giant like ConAgra or some such.
In A Pickle ('Cause I Want Some Right Now!), Ort. Carlton in It's-A-Dilly Athens, Georgia.

RE: Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line? (Ort. Carlton.)

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:44:23 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Michael Stern
... the Marc Cohn song, "Walking in Memphis"....

Dearfolk,
If anyone finds that song on a vinyl 45 record, I need it. I've never been able to find a copy.
Feeling Cohn-headed (At The Moment), Ort. Carlton in Ever-Athenian Athens, Georgia (NOT Cohn-hatta, Mississippi!).
P. S. The Mississippi town is actually Conehatta. It's not too far from Chunky, Scooba, and Electric Mills, and down by Shuqualak. But it's a ways from Rena Lara, Itta Bena, Nitta Yuma, and Panther Burn.

RE: Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line? (Ort. Carlton.)

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:36:52 GMT

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Originally posted by seafarer john
Yogi Berra was from "The Hill" in St Louis.

Seafarer,
When I mentioned that on down aways, I hadn't seen your post. Oops.
Hey, let's hear it for Yogi! Hip-hip-HOORAY!
Berra-ing Up Well, Ort. Carlton in Amazing Athens, Georgia.
P. S. The imense Anheuser-Busch brewery is on Pestalozzi Street in South St. Louis. Them ain't no Frenchmen, them there... not no Pestalozzi!!

RE: Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line? (Ort. Carlton.)

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:33:55 GMT

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Originally posted by wanderingjew
Originally posted by berndog
Originally posted by wanderingjew

Most New Yorkers have an amazingly hard time comprehending that Italian people/neighborhoods etc exist outside of NYC and Italy.

Wandering,
Evidently they've never heard of Naples, North Carolina (between Asheville and Hendersonville, just off old U. S. 25)! And Gruetli-Laager, Tennessee (part Italian Swiss, part German Swiss). The list goes on and on... there is even an Italian farming community on Clarksville Highway, several miles north of Nashville, Tennessee with its own Catholic parish!
I was aware that there was a large Italian contingent in Rhode Island, but were any of y'all aware of just how many Italian-Americans there are in West Virginia? Hey, they recruited experienced coal miners to come in there, y'know... and there's coal in them there hills in Northern Italy.
And, in re. The Hill in St. Louis, EVERYONE oughta know about that... after all, it is The Hill what gave us (correct) the one, the only Yogi Berra! He may live in New Jersey now, but he's from Missouri, and sometimes (as he says) "ya still gotta show me."
I'm Italian You, Ort. Carlton in Multi-Ethnic Athens, Georgia.
P. S. There are no indigenous pockets of Italians in Georgia that I am aware of, but we do have a Hungarian community on U. S. 78 between Bremen (settled by Germans) and Tallapoosa, about 50 miles west of Atlanta... place called Budapest. No river runs through it, alas....

RE: Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line? (MaggieC)

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:58:30 GMT

The Duchess Drive Inn in Atkins, Arkansas began serving fried dill pickles in the summer of 1963. Atkins was the home of the Atkins Pickle Plant and Mr Bernell Austin (the owner of the Duchess) took full advantage of a resource that was plentiful in his town.

RE: Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line? (fabulousoyster)

Mon, 31 Jul 2006 13:08:25 GMT

In the early days, did McDonalds ever offer a pickle burger,or a fried pickle sandwich?

RE: Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line? (BhamBabe)

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 07:03:29 GMT

Buy crinkle cut dill chips, lay them on a paper towel to drain a bit. In the meantime mix up a beer batter, add some cajun spices. Dip your chips in the batter and quickly fry in a cast iron skillet. Use brown deli mustard and/or french dressing to dip. My hubby likes em with bleu cheese dressing too.

I can remember having these when I was tiny at our weekly dinner on the grounds in the summer at Church.

RE: Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line? (Jimeats)

Thu, 13 Jul 2006 06:51:09 GMT

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Originally posted by Dr of BBQ

DaveM tell me more about "Fowl Balls", (chunks of chicken wrapped in bacon and then smoked).

How big were they? Did they use an entire strip of bacon or half. I'd like to try this, in my concession trailer.I tried the frozen pickles I read about here at The Conerstone Festival last week with very moderate sucess. We only sold 28. But the people that ordered them and came back later said they enjoyed them. At the same time we sold out of everything else every day. Gosh what a logistical nightmare, 20,000 people camped on site in the middle of no-where and both of my main suppliers 180 miles away.
Jack

You might want to e-mail DaveM. A knowlegable poster with great photos and reports, unfortunatley he no longer contributes as much here anymore. As far as the Foul Balls I'll be in that area next week and I'll take one for the team and give them a try and report back. Chow Jim

RE: Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line? (bbqjimbob)

Thu, 13 Jul 2006 05:58:02 GMT

My wife and I were at an Italian-American festival last weekend in Canton, Ohio, and there was a booth that was selling fried dill pickles. They used the spears, and served them with Ranch dressing. It was the first time either of us has ever had them. They were not bad, but we weren't crazy about them. They tasted a little like zucchini, but that could have been due to the fact that they were frying zucchini in the same oil.

RE: Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line? (Dr of BBQ)

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:08:42 GMT

DaveM tell me more about "Fowl Balls", (chunks of chicken wrapped in bacon and then smoked).

How big were they? Did they use an entire strip of bacon or half. I'd like to try this, in my concession trailer.I tried the frozen pickles I read about here at The Conerstone Festival last week with very moderate sucess. We only sold 28. But the people that ordered them and came back later said they enjoyed them. At the same time we sold out of everything else every day. Gosh what a logistical nightmare, 20,000 people camped on site in the middle of no-where and both of my main suppliers 180 miles away.
Jack

RE: Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line? (BhamBabe)

Wed, 03 May 2006 01:49:55 GMT

Don't know where they came from but I've eaten these since the early 70's. Battered in a cornmeal batter, deep fried until light brown, served with my grandmothers homemade hot mustard. I think they were served at every dinner on the grounds all over Alabama that I've ever been to.

RE: Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line? (careship)

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 13:38:19 GMT

I found this whole place and this topic because I was looking for a recipe to make them myself at home because I have been dying for a good fried pickle. I like the spears better than the whole ones but the pickle chips, hmmmm. I think if they are the pickle chips, they have to be hand sliced and good sized. Something to really bite into rather than pop into my mouth.

RE: Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line? (PapaJoe8)

Mon, 20 Mar 2006 20:11:06 GMT

Glad to see this thread revived! But man are yall makin me hungry for some of those fried delights! Hey, the line goes west all the way to Texas! My youngest bro brought me my 1st taste from somewhere in Fort Worth, Tx. I was hooked! They were dills w/ ranch dip sauce. But, the BnB's w/ whatever sounds good also.
Joe

RE: Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line? (roossy90)

Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:37:31 GMT

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Originally posted by careship

Just so everyone knows that the fried pickle line is fuzzy. Way up here in West Michigan is where I found my first fried pickles. A little whole in the wall bar and grill. People said try them you have to. I have loved them ever since. I have yet to find a better fried pickle and I have tried them everytime I found them all the way from here to Florida.

I had them in a BBQ place in Indiatlantic/Melbourne, Fl. Charlie & Jakes.... I think I would prefer a bread and butter pickle though. However that raspberry chipotle dipping sauce sounds good.

RE: Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line? (careship)

Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:27:57 GMT

Just so everyone knows that the fried pickle line is fuzzy. Way up here in West Michigan is where I found my first fried pickles. A little whole in the wall bar and grill. People said try them you have to. I have loved them ever since. I have yet to find a better fried pickle and I have tried them everytime I found them all the way from here to Florida.

RE: Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line? (LouiseT)

Thu, 04 Aug 2005 16:01:40 GMT

My french fried dill pickle experience was well north of your line. My one and only encounter was at a dive bar called the Hi-Lo in Kalamazoo, MI in the early 1980's. They were batter dipped kosher dill spears and went great with a pitcher of cheap draft beer. I grew up in Atlanta, GA and had never seen them down south or anywhere else since my Kalamazoo college days for that matter.

RE: Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line? (Drummom)

Tue, 26 Jul 2005 12:37:47 GMT

Before my husband and I went on our trip to see our son in Austin, TX, I had only heard about Fried Pickles, however I never tasted one. Well, I tried them twice and am hooked. The first time was in Cedar Park, TX at a little place called Railyard Grill. Besides great fried pickles, they have wonderful hamburgers and chicken fried steak. I also had the pickles at Alamo Drafthouse. The pickles must have been cooked longer than at Railyard, and were okay. Does anyone know if there are any places in New York State that makes them?

RE: Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line? (dhdav66)

Fri, 19 Nov 2004 08:07:28 GMT

I migrated north a few years back and for a dinner party one night I did the Southern fried stuff. I battered and fried some pickles, okra, green tomatoes, and zucchini. Now when I have a group over for dinner, they always ask for the fried pickles.

I've had them once here at a bar -- they were awful. Bad coating and they used dill spears, which I didn't care for. I've always had dill chips down South and that's what I use when I make them.

RE: Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line? (carlton pierre)

Thu, 18 Nov 2004 23:35:08 GMT

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Originally posted by TJ Jackson

There are a handful of restaurants in Cincinnati that do serve fried dill pickles.

One in particular that I can think of, Toots (on the NE side of town), really promotes them both on their menu and occasionaly in their advertising. I think they go so far as to call them 'famous'.

Hey, TJ,

can you name any other places in Cincy that serve them? And, whereabouts might "Toots" be?

carl reitz

RE: Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line? (picklekid)

Sun, 17 Oct 2004 16:57:36 GMT

The answer to the question Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line.Well
it started in 1963 in small Arkansas town called Atkins. A small business man maned Bernell "FATMAN" Austin started them that year in
a small pink drive called the Duchess. His creation was inspired by the Atkins Pickle Plant operating just across the road.The fried dill pickle was at first just a gimmick item but once it was placed on the menu its
popularity was tremedous.The Fatman died in September of 1999 but his special recipe lives on in at the Old South Restaurant in Russellville, Arkansas being carried on by his oldest son, James Bernell. Also there has been many articles written about this subject in paper and the internet.Anything southern does give the Fatman credit with its creation.
And I know this story well because you see I am his youngest son and know that no matter where you try a FRIED Dill Pickle it is intreging
to think a person would really do this to a pickle..Thanks

RE: Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line? (carlton pierre)

Sat, 09 Oct 2004 00:31:21 GMT

I had fried pickles this week at Fat Fish Blue in Cleveland, OH while watching Robert Lockwood's Blues All Stars perform. The pickles were fried in spears, I prefer slices, but they were pretty awesome nonetheless. I highly recommend.

carl reitz

RE: Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line? (cleveland66)

Fri, 01 Oct 2004 15:14:42 GMT

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Originally posted by vegas

they are great at the Praline Connection in NOLA . . . and for a twist try the fried jalapeno slices at Parasols in the Irish Channel

Dear lord, someone else brought up Parasol's. I've had the fried jalapeno slices (along with their cheeseburger poboy) a million times. As much beer as I drink while in NOLA, I can always find the corner of 3rd & Constance.

Pardon the topic jump. Please carry on with the pickles...

RE: Where is the Fried Dill Pickle Line? (carlton pierre)

Fri, 01 Oct 2004 14:14:37 GMT

I had them at the Blue & White in Tunica and they were awesome, the Hollywood was closed that night. I agree that one's first thought may be unfriendly but they are great nonetheless.

carl reitz