The Pickled Pig

Alright, check this out. The pickled pig here in Cincinnati. They're raising money on Kickstarter to get a smokehouse upgrade for restaurants. Joining me now to talk about the fundraiser is Gary Labeman. Okay, so let's talk about the pickle pig. How did this all start? And what is it for people at home that may have never heard about this before? Sure. Pickle pig is a deli in Walnut Hills. We started making smoky bone dog treats and then graduated to fermented pickled items and then eventually ours shop deli in Walnut Hills. So we do fermented pickles, great sandwiches, deli salads, different events happen, A new concept we started, Pillamani Boy, which we make little d So there's a lot of fun stuff happening. So now that we're zooming in on some of the products, can you tell me about these sandwiches we're looking at and some of the stuff in the jars that you sell? Sure. We have a nice hot sauce, different sauerkraut. This is our caraway. It's more of a traditional flavor than an apple kimchi, which is a Korean fermented cabbage dish is great. It's very good. All this stuff has got probiotics, so it's good and healthy. Sour pickles, they're kind of The two sandwiches I brought today is our pork burger, which is made with local pasture raised pork. We butcher whole pigs in the house, grind the meat and all that. The gouda's on there is from Urbanstead. They're a great local cheese maker. We got our house made kimchi on there. The potato bun is from Blue Oven. They're down in Finley Market. Keeping everything local. That's our goal here. This is our most popular sandwich, the smoked turkey. It's taken a ruben. There's our sauerkraut, Russian dressing, sourdough rice from Ale Bakery and tome is from Urbanstead again. Very local, delicious, house made, from scratch food. It's great. I know living in Cincinnati for three months. People who are from here love businesses who are from here. They love to see local businesses thrive. While we have a minute to talk about the Kickstarter, tell me what The Kickstarter, we're on the final two days of this fundraiser. We did hear a goal, but there'still room to help us out. We are going to produce smoked meats for wholesale to different restaurants and stores. It's an FDA inspected thing. We need to enclose our smoker shack with some walls and ventilation and all that stuff so we can produce these meats and be able to pack them and sell them wholesale. Now you can sell them to other local businesses, create better partnerships, keep everything local here in the tri-state. That's great. Do they just Google Pickle Pig Kickstarter? Yeah, find our social media, Facebook or Instagram and we have links in our bios and you can interact with us there and we can direct you.