24 Southern Pickle Recipes to Relish

Canning pickles is a time-honored Southern tradition. When summer's bounty is in full swing, there's nothing quite as tasty as pickling your produce to make sure you can savor summertime flavors for months to come.

Whether you're on the hunt for simple ways to brighten up salads, cocktails, sandwiches, or cheese boards, these tangy, crisp, and totally delicious pickle recipes are proven winners. Some feature bright veggies like radishes, carrots, green beans, or okra, while others will prove that fruit can get into the pickling fun too. We even show you that collard green toppers don't have to be tossed when you've got the right brine. Some are fit for your pantry and others are meant to be refrigerated. But the one thing they all have in common? They’re so tasty, that once you pop off the jar lid, they just might not last as long as you thought.