# An Open Letter To Vlasic **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 25, 2007, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-vlasic/401557 "2007-04-25T05:33:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-vlasic/401557/61 "2007-05-20T06:54:09Z")
Pickle juice running into my french fries? No problem — I _love_ those dill flavored potato chips! ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-vlasic/401557/62 "2007-05-20T07:23:37Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Well, no, it’s just that, G-d forbid, there may be some poisonous combination with these things. I’m glad to see it’s only hallucinogenic. Might whip some up myself. With _sweet_ pickles, of course. [/QUOTE] Speaking as a lover of all things pickled, I can tell you that unless you do it with dills, you’re not going get anything terribly interesting. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-vlasic/401557/63 "2007-05-20T18:37:06Z")
I just always thought that the stackers were so big because they were cut on the bias? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-vlasic/401557/64 "2007-05-20T22:00:44Z")
[QUOTE=chaoticbear] I just always thought that the stackers were so big because they were cut on the bias? [/QUOTE] That certainly explains things. I thought I’d seen the bird advertising something large and round. ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-vlasic/401557/65 "2007-05-20T23:19:01Z")
Threats from you heretics will not sway me from my stated opinion on sweet pickles! Bring it, I say!! **Silenus** , you prude! 😃 So I’d just opened the kool-aid pickle article when my husband walked in and went, “OH NO! What the hell is that?!” I told him, he read it. Now he’s making some. I hope you are satisfied, **Tuck**. The other half is a sweet pickle eater. Hmph. I guess that’s the whole yin-yang thing, eh? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-vlasic/401557/66 "2007-05-20T23:34:08Z")
The Hell-Fire Pickle chips at Famous Dave’s are the best sweet pickles I have ever had, and I’ve eaten lots. Nice bite to them. **Faruiza** , hie thee down the freeway and make your hubby happy. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-vlasic/401557/67 "2007-05-20T23:50:35Z")
[QUOTE=Faruiza] Threats from you heretics will not sway me from my stated opinion on sweet pickles! Bring it, I say!! **Silenus** , you prude! 😃 So I’d just opened the kool-aid pickle article when my husband walked in and went, “OH NO! What the hell is that?!” I told him, he read it. Now he’s making some. I hope you are satisfied, **Tuck** [/QUOTE] [Leonard Nimoy] My work here is done. [/LN] ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-vlasic/401557/68 "2007-05-21T01:16:14Z")
Fine. When ya’ll become stumbling, incoherent zombies with Kool-Aid ™ stained lips, terrorizing the countryside, crying out, “Dills! Dills!”, Don’t Blame Me. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-vlasic/401557/69 "2007-05-21T02:02:57Z")
[QUOTE=Taters] Sweet pickles RULE! So do bread and butter pickles. Dill pickles are an abomination unto man, woman and child. I have spoken! [/QUOTE] YES! I have found my twin. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-vlasic/401557/70 "2007-05-21T02:40:31Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] That certainly explains things. I thought I’d seen the bird advertising something large and round. [/QUOTE] They’re ROUND!? ::goggle:: ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-vlasic/401557/71 "2007-05-21T03:05:33Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] YES! I have found my twin. [/QUOTE] Dill in general is gross. Sweet pickles are sublime, the casual combonation of savory and sweet in a vegitable based delivery platform. Bread and Butter pickles even more so. People who like dills should be forced to eat those fecal appearing dills sealed in the Slim Jim syle wrappers sold at 7-11 and leave the real pickles to the rest of us. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-vlasic/401557/72 "2007-05-21T03:10:30Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] Sweet pickles are sublime, [/QUOTE] I receive your concept with interest, and wish to subscribe to your newsletter. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-vlasic/401557/73 "2007-05-21T12:02:18Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] I receive your concept with interest, and wish to subscribe to your newsletter. [/QUOTE] _Brine and Dandy_ is available at most major newstands. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-vlasic/401557/74 "2007-05-22T01:14:56Z")
I have started my Kool-Pickles. I have chosen Raspberry, and cut the sugar by 1/4 since I wasn’t even sure if that much sugar would dissolve in that much brine. Also, I am taking the risky step of leaving the pickles at room temperature for a day. I figure that will help with the absorption process and it is unlikely that there will be some kind of contamination. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-vlasic/401557/75 "2007-05-22T01:24:22Z")
[QUOTE=Christopher] leaving the pickles at room temperature for a day…unlikely that there will be some kind of contamination. [/QUOTE] Yes, and “they couldn’t hit an elephant at this dis…” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-vlasic/401557/76 "2007-05-23T02:00:46Z")
How long do you think I can leave them at room temp? I’m a little disappointed with the absorption at one day. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-vlasic/401557/77 "2007-05-23T19:52:08Z")
[QUOTE=Christopher] How long do you think I can leave them at room temp? I’m a little disappointed with the absorption at one day. [/QUOTE] I dunno. I’ve been keeping mine in the fridge. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-vlasic/401557/78 "2007-05-28T22:16:25Z")
Well, I polished mine off and here’s what I have to say, the longer you let them go, the sweeter they become until the end where they’re almost indistinguishable from a sweet pickle. A couple of days after you’ve put them in the mix is about right. How I made them is I dumped brine and all into a new container, mixed in the Kool-Aid powder, added the amount of sugar called for on the package, then just enough water to cover the pickles. I shook it vigorously to give everything to blend, and stuck it in the fridge. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-vlasic/401557/79 "2007-05-30T04:16:32Z")
I think that is the difference between your desired kool-aid pickle and mine. I’m going for the sweet pickle. As such I have left my pickles outside the refrigerator for the past week. I think in a week I will try one. Next time I may add some extra packets of Kool-Aid for more zing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-vlasic/401557.md?page=3)