The brine used for preparing half-sour pickles should be warm but not hot—its temperature should be around 68°F. Hot water ...

Sour pickles sit in a bucket of brine at a stall at Picklesburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., in 2024. The festival, held just off the city’s Market Square each year, brings pickle lovers and permutations ...

In Pittsburgh, the cradle of the modern American pickle (talkin’ to you, H.J. Heinz), a summer festival called Picklesburgh that draws aficionados of the sour and the puckery from several states away ...