Personally, I think the brine-switch technique is pure evil genius at work. You could combine any two (or more, for that matter) seemingly different products. Take a jar of sweet pickles, pour off the brine, and replace it with the brine from a jar of pickled habs. Put the sweet brine in the habs... One thing I've shared here before, my sister's trick - take a jar of pickle spears (we prefer Clausen) and sliver up some long narrow pods into long pointed strips. Slip these down between the spears on the outside, against the glass, to make alternating green and red stripes. Give it about two or three days for the flavors to combine, and enjoy! - A