Sunday, March 30, 2008
Howard's Green Tomato Piccalilli
Adam notes that the WJR has discovered Speed's hot dogs -- made with local Pearl frankfurters marinated in apple cider and brown sugar. Never heard of a marinating hot dogs -- let alone in apple cider and brown sugar. Sounds great. ... Now that hot dogs are 'in season' again, I'll also put a plug in for another locally based product: Howard's Green Tomato Piccalilli, made by Howard Foods Inc. of Danvers. I still associate Piccalilli relish with my grandmother and barbecues in Nahant. It's a very old-fashioned New England hot-dog topping -- and it's good. Give it a try with spicy mustard. ...
Update - 3.31.08 -- From Bert:
Adam notes that the WJR has discovered Speed's hot dogs -- made with local Pearl frankfurters marinated in apple cider and brown sugar. Never heard of a marinating hot dogs -- let alone in apple cider and brown sugar. Sounds great. ... Now that hot dogs are 'in season' again, I'll also put a plug in for another locally based product: Howard's Green Tomato Piccalilli, made by Howard Foods Inc. of Danvers. I still associate Piccalilli relish with my grandmother and barbecues in Nahant. It's a very old-fashioned New England hot-dog topping -- and it's good. Give it a try with spicy mustard. ...
Update - 3.31.08 -- From Bert:
Bravo red relish -- only put the red relish on burgers. Put it on a cheeseburger just pulled off the backyard grill and served on a toasted bun. Wow, that’s good!I can confirm that red relish is delicious on cheeseburgers.
My youth memory of red relish is having it at Newport Creamery, where the condiment tray was a novelty. Triangular frame with a glass bowl in each corner: one with mustard, one with green relish, one with red relish. They had those little metal covers that had notches cut into the side that allowed the handle of the serving spoon to poke out through the top. That red sweet pepper relish from Howard’s has a spot on the door of my refrigerator right now. If the weather holds, it will dispense yumminess for a freshly cooked burger this week, as described above.
