Georgia-Style Pickled Shrimp

Every region of the South has its own distinctive ways of pickling shrimp, oysters, mussels, and the like, but this Georgia method of pickling shrimp and serving them with a spicy cream sauce as an appetizer seems unique and recalls for me an incredible feast served by relatives of my mother in Monticello. “Oh honey, you do carry on,” said Cuddin’ Berta when I exclaimed about the dish. “You’re too young to remember, but you should have tasted the buttermilk sauce Sister Tancy used to put on