# Do you prefer your pickles sliced or whole? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 16, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-your-pickles-sliced-or-whole/789146 "2017-06-16T22:02:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-your-pickles-sliced-or-whole/789146/21 "2017-06-17T04:15:21Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Dude. It has clearly been TOO LONG since you hit Corky & Lenny’s. > > Git over to Chagrin Blvd and have them bring you a bowl of half-sours, garlic dills, and pickled tomatoes, and a brisket sandwich on rye with horseradish mustard. Eat alternately. > > [http://corkyandlennys.com/history/](http://corkyandlennys.com/history/) YES! YES! A thousand times, YES! ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-your-pickles-sliced-or-whole/789146/22 "2017-06-17T04:21:45Z")
I like a pickle spear with my sub sandwich. A whole pickle would be too much. ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-your-pickles-sliced-or-whole/789146/23 "2017-06-17T04:27:13Z")
I buy my pickles whole, because I eat them with sandwiches and burgers and I slice them the way I like myself. Burgers get pickle chips but ham and cheese sandwiches get Spears on the side. I never eat pickles by themselves, just not my thing. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-your-pickles-sliced-or-whole/789146/24 "2017-06-17T04:33:04Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Define “sliced.” Spears, yay. Into flat disks, boo. ^ This. Its an invalid poll; need to define sliced options. [ul][li]Spears, sometimes, but only ever as a side to a good deli sandwhich. [/li][li]Sliced across, like coins? ONLY if fried. [/li][\*]Sliced across, in 1"+ chunks? Mmmm, garlicky & delish!!![/ul] ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-your-pickles-sliced-or-whole/789146/25 "2017-06-17T07:54:17Z")
Depends on the type and size of the pickle and how it’s sliced. ---
**Author:** ![KatTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@KatTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KatTP)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-your-pickles-sliced-or-whole/789146/26 "2017-06-17T08:03:18Z")
If someone could tell me where to get a decent pickle in the uk I’d be forever grateful. We moved here three years ago, and had I known about the pickle situation I might have reconsidered the move. Our friends brought us back a jar of vlasic on their last trip to Canada and I just ate the last one! Dammit. We’ve tried SO MANY pickles, and haven’t found a single one we like. Some were so bad we threw out the whole jar. On a more positive note, we still have many packets of Swiss chalet dipping sauce left. Should get us to the next trip home or the next visit from relatives. I like pickles sliced and whole. On a sandwich, obviously sliced. And I’ll also eat them right out of the jar. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-your-pickles-sliced-or-whole/789146/27 "2017-06-17T13:04:34Z")
“What about the pickle slicer?” “She got fired, too.” ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-your-pickles-sliced-or-whole/789146/28 "2017-06-17T14:57:18Z")
Moved to Cafe from IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-your-pickles-sliced-or-whole/789146/29 "2017-06-17T15:24:40Z")
I prefer taking small bites to taking big bites, so I like pickle spears better than whole pickles. I like sliced apples and hamburgers (!) better as well. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-your-pickles-sliced-or-whole/789146/30 "2017-06-17T15:36:15Z")
Quartered, not as chips, though. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-your-pickles-sliced-or-whole/789146/31 "2017-06-18T02:01:46Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Isn’t this question equivalent to “Do you prefer your pickles on sandwiches or by themselves”? No. My brother likes pickles by themselves cut into spears. [quote=“Spiderman, post:24, topic:789146”] ^ This. Its an invalid poll; need to define sliced options. [ul][li]Spears, sometimes, but only ever as a side to a good deli sandwhich. [/li][li]Sliced across, like coins? ONLY if fried. [/li][li]Sliced across, in 1"+ chunks? Mmmm, garlicky & delish!!![/ul][/li][/QUOTE] :smack: Would you believe that I was thinking about specifying, but I couldn’t remember the word for the opposite of spear slices? > [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Moved to Cafe from IMHO. I figured it was one of those. :o ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-your-pickles-sliced-or-whole/789146/32 "2017-06-18T02:17:24Z")
Whole pickles can be used as sex toys, slices not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-your-pickles-sliced-or-whole/789146/33 "2017-06-18T02:36:56Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > Whole pickles can be used as sex toys, slices not so much. Not after they fired the pickle slicer anyway. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-your-pickles-sliced-or-whole/789146/34 "2017-06-19T23:56:46Z")
I really need to try fried pickles. I like fried cucumbers, even if they are a bit bland. I’d just be worried the extra juice would make them take a while to cook, unless you mean breaded and deep fried. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-your-pickles-sliced-or-whole/789146/35 "2017-06-20T00:03:52Z")
I hate the taste/texture of pickles\*, but the smell of whole pickles in brine is soooooooo good (and the sliced ones don’t have the same smell), so I voted “whole”. \*Because they’re part of the whole “cucumbers=evil” thing. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-your-pickles-sliced-or-whole/789146/36 "2017-06-20T00:03:58Z")
I voted “Who cares, a pickle’s a pickle!” and would like to add “I would not eat them in a box, I would not eat them in a box” and maybe something about cucumbers being gross already, but then soaked in evil. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-your-pickles-sliced-or-whole/789146/37 "2017-06-20T00:15:54Z")
I love to eat my pickles in quarter spears, and when they’re all gone, I sip the brine from the jar… …or dunk Cheetos into it. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-your-pickles-sliced-or-whole/789146/38 "2017-06-20T01:12:06Z")
> [@tenacious\_j](#): > > sliced in discs like hamburger pickles is gross for dills but ok for thick sliced bread and butter pickles. I voted sliced because I like spears, and find whole cukes too big, messy, and hard to bite. Oh. I only like dills, so I didn’t think of any other kind. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-your-pickles-sliced-or-whole/789146/39 "2017-06-20T03:09:09Z")
I like Bread & Butter pickled pigs feet, thin biased-sliced. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-your-pickles-sliced-or-whole/789146/40 "2017-06-20T10:41:03Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I really need to try fried pickles. I like fried cucumbers, even if they are a bit bland. > > I’d just be worried the extra juice would make them take a while to cook, unless you mean breaded and deep fried. I know a place that serves pickle fries. Pickles sliced frenchfry style, lightly breaded, deep fried and served with an aioli dipping sauce. Heavenly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-your-pickles-sliced-or-whole/789146.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-your-pickles-sliced-or-whole/789146.md?page=3)