Eli and his sister Nellie are an odd pair - he is an ageing bachelor with a reputation for being one for the ladies; she, on the other hand, has no reputation at all when it comes to romance. When their father dies, leaving them a run-down pickle factory and a load of problems, not only do Eli and Nellie have to come to terms with their new-found staff, harder still they must come to terms with each other. The comic team of Jimmy Jewel and Hylda Baker take on the roles of Eli and Nellie.