Pickles?

Is it possible to get pickles (the thick, dill, American kind) anywhere there? I have looked in stores when I have been there and have yet to find them. I'd settle for sliced. Anything to put on a sandwich! I can make my own if I can get pickling cucumbers. Are there those? LOL. I love pickles.

Sometimes you can find polish dill pickles, but I buy vlassic at the garden center by me. I feel lucky they are there! They have grape jelly too, but its too pricey for me to justify.

I used to get them at Sainsbury’s and then they changed the recipe and added sugar to them. I think you can buy them online in various American websites

Mrs Elwoods Haimisha cucumbers.
Nothing else comes close in my experience!

Not sure where you are - but in Glasgow/Edinburgh there's a place called Lupe Pintos and they quiet often have Vlassic Kosher Dill Spears. Be ready to take out a bank loan to pay for them.

You can find baby cukes at the start of summer at some grocery stores. They're not much of a thing here (pickling cukes).  Good luck!

Use my trick.. get the Mrs Elwoods Dill spears from Asda, put in a big teaspoon of lazy garlic, a few shakes of crushed red chilli , give it a shake and put in fridge for 5 days... Viola, Kosher Dill pickles.

Use my trick.. get the Mrs Elwoods Dill spears from Asda, put in a big teaspoon of lazy garlic, a few shakes of crushed red chilli , give it a shake and put in fridge for 5 days... Viola, Kosher Dill pickles.

When I first tried the Mrs Elwoods I didn't like them all that much, too sweet. Now it's been so long since I tasted a decent pickle, I've forgotten what one should taste like so have been eating them anyway!

But that's a great idea to make them taste better! 

When I first tried the Mrs Elwoods I didn't like them all that much, too sweet.

Get the Haimisha cucumbers next time  - they are like the ones you ate in your former life! 

Get the Haimisha cucumbers next time  - they are like the ones you ate in your former life! 

Thanks! I'll take a look. 

Pickles I have happily consumed in the UK:

* Dawtona sour gherkins (Tesco)
* Bramwell pickled gherkins with chili (Aldi)
* Vlasic stackers (South African store on Amazon)
* Vlasic dill pickles (South African store on Amazon)

By far, the easiest/cheapest to obtain are the Aldi ones, and I use them for pickle salad, sliced on burgers, and as a palate-cleanser in our several-times-a-week cheese & port times.  The Polish ones (Dawtona) are probably closer to taste, but they require a Tesco shop.  And getting actual Vlasic ones require pretending I don't know how much I'm overpaying for the things... and that's a big ask.

Thank you everyone for these suggestions, it is very helpful

Mrs Elwoods Haimisha cucumbers.
Nothing else comes close in my experience!

These! But I can't find them anywhere now.

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