It's summer and it's time for pickles! While I'm a big fan of canning, sometimes the thought of standing over a stove in the dead-heat of summer is just too much. Enter the refrigerator pickle, a quick and delicious way to get your pickle fix without heat stroke.
This is an old-fashioned recipe, very sweet/sour, almost like a relish. It's from my mom who got it from my Aunt Lorraine way back in the 60s. You can improvise a lot with this: add bell pepper (yellow, red, green) or slip in a few sliced jalapenos to up the heat and cut some of the sweet. Red pepper flakes will do, too.

















