February 26, 1921

Bernell “Fatman” Austin, who sold the first fried dill pickles in the summer of 1963, was born. From those first fried dill pickles—which cost fifteen cents for an order of fifteen hamburger slices—he evolved a secret recipe that is used today to make Fatman’s Original Fried Dill Pickles.

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