Question: where did bread and butter pickles come from
Answer: The origin of the name and the spread of their popularity in the United States is attributed to Omar and Cora Fanning , a pair of Illinois cucumber farmers who started selling sweet and sour pickles in the 1920s and filed for the trademark `` Fanning 's Bread and Butter Pickles '' in 1923 ( though the recipe and similar ones are probably much older ) .