A: These sliced cucumber pickles are made with a sweet and sour vinegar brine. Although the recipe is much older, the story about the origin of the name dates back to the 1920s, when Omar and Cora Fanning trademarked "Fanning's Bread and Butter P

1. Trim ends from cucumbers and slice into spears. Pack into 2 (16-oz. glass jar along with garlic and dill. 2. Make brine: in a small saucepan, combine water, vinegar, and salt.

To make pickles, you’ll need a basic brine (a mixture of vinegar, sugar, and salt, dissolved in water) whose overall flavor can be tweaked with spices like whole black peppercorns, red pepper flakes, dill seed, mustard seed, or garlic cloves, and aromat