The picture of these pickles caught my eye. It was bright and very pretty in the jars. My Mom loves pickles and so I made them for her. I used a red bell pepper as the contrast of red and green in the jar is striking. It made 1 quart and 1 pint for me. I put them in the refrigerator and Mom was up bright and early the next morning to try them. She was munching happily away when I got up and the cucumbers were so crisp I could hear her crunching them from across the room. She loved them! Half the jar is gone after three days. My sister-in-law came over, tried them and took the pint home! Have already given the recipe to family and friends and they loved them. Great recipe!

My mother was talking this morning about when she was young and before she was married. She said that on her lunch hour she would walk to this little diner and have a salad and a muffin for lunch. She said that the muffin was one of the most delicious muffins she had ever had and described it. I remembered seeing this recipe by you yesterday. I made your recipe and then watched Mom as she tasted them. Her face lit up and she said "This is them!" Then she gobbled it down! Thank you for bringing back memories for my 91 year old mother and making new ones for me. Those are darn good muffins that I will be making often!