Posts by Mt. Olive Pickles
2025 Pickle Drop at Mt. Olive Pickles
CLICK HERE to watch the LIVESTREAM! MOUNT OLIVE, NC—The New Year’s Eve Pickle Drop takes on new significance for 2025: it will usher in 2026, Mt. Olive Pickle’s Centennial Year. To mark the occasion, Durham artist Rahela Laquidara is at work crafting a new Centennial Pickle that will drop from Mount Olive Fire Department’s Tower…
Read More5 Recipes To Prepare For Your 4th Of July Party (That All Have Pickles In Them)
Get ready to hit the grocery store, fire up the grill, and turn on the oven; the 4th of July is right around the corner! Celebrating America’s birthday wouldn’t be the same without a few cookouts, so it’s time to start planning the recipes you are going to put together if you’re hosting a party…
Read More9 Things You Don’t Know About Pickles
Pickles are one of the most popular go-to snacks in the United States. Don’t believe us? Well, the Department of Agriculture estimates that the average American eats 8.5 lbs of pickles a year. Now, those are a lot of pickles! Despite their popularity throughout history, there are a ton of lesser-known facts about and health…
Read MoreArtist Spotlight: Claire Kiester’s Pickle Screen prints – Ink on muslin
Claire Kiester is an artist from Chapel Hill, NC. Kiester is currently attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, IL. Her concentrations are in Print media and Fiber and Material Studies. Growing up, Kiester was always interested in art, and she enjoyed being creative and working with her hands. She chose…
Read MoreArtist Spotlight: Elaine O’Neil
Elaine O’Neil is a unique and talented artist who has always loved sewing and working with fabric. O’Neil obtained her art education from the Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science. Her major was Textile Design. After starting out in apparel, O’Neil transitioned into art about 30 years ago when a friend in Maine asked her to create…
Read MoreArtist Spotlight: Emily Wallace
Artist Emily Wallace was born and raised in the small eastern North Carolina town of Smithfield. Growing up in rural North Carolina, Wallace spent a lot of time with her grandmother, Charlotte Wallace, who inspired her to take an interest in art. Wallace began doodling, drawing, and painting as a child, and she never stopped. Of…
Read MoreArtist Spotlight: Karen Barton-Gray’s Baby Dill Pickles
Karen Barton-Gray’s Masterpiece Karen Barton-Gray is a lifelong painter who is based in Puyallup, WA. Her interest in art began at a very early age. “As a child, I started painting all of the horses I ever wanted to own, and that was many,” she said. Throughout her life, she continued to paint whenever time…
Read MoreArtist Spotlight: Patti Doyle
Patti Doyle is an artist from Charlotte, North Carolina. She is also a teacher at a local Christian school, a wife to her husband Peter, and a mother to 21-year-old twins and a 24 year old. While growing up, Doyle took art classes at school every year through her senior year. She loved art, and…
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS: Mt. Olive’s New Product Will Change The Way You Eat Pickles, Forever
Mt. Olive Munchies: The Portable Pickle If you love pickles as much as we do, then prepare your heart and stomach before reading this. Leaving the house for the day with a glass jar of pickles is so 2018. Actually, we’re not sure it was ever a thing, but now it can be. Since Mt.…
Read MoreCheck us out on Food Factory USA!
Mt. Olive was recently featured on FYI Network’s Food Factory USA! The episode, “Peter Piper Picked a Peck” takes the show’s trademark light-hearted look at how Mt. Olive packs Pepperoncini peppers. You’ll even find out how many peppers Peter Piper picked in that peck… The episode originally aired Monday, August 17. Time Warner Cable and…
Read MoreCustom Mt. Olive Pickles Longboard Giveaway!
It’s time for a Mt. Olive Giveaway! How cool are these custom-made longboards? These custom longboards were created by Danny Callahan of Local Skateboard Co. Danny grew up in the mountains of North Carolina, and his family always had Mt. Olive products in the fridge! Pickled Okra, Dills, and Banana Pepper rings were some of…
Read MoreHappy 95th Birthday to Mt. Olive Pickle Company
MOUNT OLIVE, N.C., Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Fans today can enjoy a crisp Mt. Olive Pickle thanks to the forward-thinking business leaders of the North Carolina town of Mount Olive back in 1926. That’s right: America’s favorite pickle company is 95 years old. In the 1920s, several produce markets in town served a wide agricultural region. While cucumbers grew well in the area,…
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