Although I’m a fan of dill pickles, I couldn’t imagine a steaming bowl of it – but the culinary curious part of me insisted we give it a go. It was fab – like a muted version of dill pickle chips that’s perfectly acceptable for grown-ups to eat an entire bowl of. To me it smacks of past-century winter prairie food, born of desperation on a day when it was -35 outside and all that was in the pantry was a few potatoes and a jar of dill pickles.

It works. For real. It’s good. It would appear anyone who has had dill pickle soup would agree.

Click here for this recipe: http://www.dinnerwithjulie.com/2012/10/17/dill-pickle-soup/