# IGA, I curse you to my last dill-scented breath **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 24, 2004, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962 "2004-06-24T06:08:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/1 "2004-06-24T06:08:50Z")
So I go to my local IGA because I have a hankering to make me a big ol’ Dagwood sandwich. I pick up my loaf of french bread, my various (fake) luncheon meats, my cheese, my other various and sundry sammich items and a jar of IGA store brand sweet sandwich stacker pickles. I come home and start assembling the sandwich and I get to the pickles and, despite clearly being labeled as sweet, I discover they’re dill! Now, I like dill all right but dill isn’t what I wanted. The whole sandwich concept just plummets and I’m really pissed off. This is the second time in the last couple of months I’ve bought a jar of sweets only to get dills instead. Damn dill pickle-laden sammich. It’s just not the _same_. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/2 "2004-06-24T07:43:44Z")
\*Sweet \*pickles? Eeewww! Gross! ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/3 "2004-06-24T09:55:00Z")
That happened to me once. I bought a jar of Vlasic sweet gherkins and discovered they were dill - _after_ I had chopped some up and mixed them with my chicken salad. I hate dill. On a wholly unrelated note - but not really - I once bought a bag of Luvs diapers, opened them up, and discovered the package was a mix of half Luvs, half Pampers. That was weird. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/4 "2004-06-24T10:37:15Z")
> [@Dr. Rieux](#): > > \*Sweet \*pickles? > Eeewww! Gross! Then you don’t get any of my sammich. Nyah. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/5 "2004-06-24T13:27:02Z")
> [@Dr. Rieux](#): > > \*Sweet \*pickles? > Eeewww! Gross! Relish the thought ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/6 "2004-06-24T13:32:53Z")
Your mistake was trying to buy sweet pickles. Ewwwww! ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/7 "2004-06-24T13:45:27Z")
You can always do with the pickles what I did with the dill pickles I brought home yesterday. Put sugar on them! It should be noted that I bought dill pickles intending to make sweet dill pickles. I must also admit that I had to call my mother to find out how much sugar I needed to put on them. “Hey Mom! How much sugar goes on the dill pickles? I REALLY wanted a peanut butter pickle sandwich” Recipe for Sweet Dill Pickles 2 quarts whole dill pickles 2 cups sugar no more than 3 tablespoons water. Drain pickles, cut in chunks or slices, put in jar. Add sugar and water. Put in fridge. Wait until sugar is completely dissolved. Eat. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/8 "2004-06-24T14:06:43Z")
What’s the dill, pickle? My Dad always says this. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/9 "2004-06-24T17:58:47Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > You can always do with the pickles what I did with the dill pickles I brought home yesterday. Put sugar on them! > It should be noted that I bought dill pickles intending to make sweet dill pickles. I must also admit that I had to call my mother to find out how much sugar I needed to put on them. “Hey Mom! How much sugar goes on the dill pickles? I REALLY wanted a peanut butter pickle sandwich” > > Recipe for Sweet Dill Pickles > > 2 quarts whole dill pickles > 2 cups sugar > no more than 3 tablespoons water. > > Drain pickles, cut in chunks or slices, put in jar. Add sugar and water. Put in fridge. Wait until sugar is completely dissolved. Eat. There’s so much wrong here, I don’t even know where to begin. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Balle\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Balle\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balle_M)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/10 "2004-06-24T18:39:43Z")
I’m still trying to figure out what fake luncheon meat is. Synthetic Spam? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/11 "2004-06-24T18:43:25Z")
It’s textured vegetable protein crafted to look and taste like animal flesh. It tastes much better than it sounds. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/12 "2004-06-24T22:04:34Z")
It would pretty much have to. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2004, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/13 "2004-06-24T22:08:32Z")
Dill pickles have their place. On the side. However, _on_ the sandwich or _in_ the potato salad means sweet pickle. Accept no substitutes! **Otto,** I feel your pain. ---
**Author:** ![The\_27th\_Evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ebca7d/32.png) [@The\_27th\_Evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_27th_Evil)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/14 "2004-06-25T00:07:41Z")
Ah, yes. The pickles. I want a dill pickle. With just dill. No other spices. I look at my carefully-prepared sammitch and take a nice bite. And my deli, who’s been taking my orders since I was seven years old, has put garlicky pickles in. I spit out my mouthful and quickly rinse my mouth, cursing the new owners. Anything but plain dill ruins my sandwich. They serve pizza now. In a deli. What is wrong with them? ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/15 "2004-06-25T00:13:17Z")
Ok now I have Arlo Guthrie in my head. I don’t wanna die, I just wanna ride my motorcy ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/16 "2004-06-25T00:14:20Z")
cle I don’t want a pickle, I just wanna ride my motorsickle. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/17 "2004-06-25T07:29:01Z")
> [@whiterabbit](#): > > Your mistake was trying to buy sweet pickles. Ewwwww! **whiterabbit** , i like you. Sweet pickles, synthetic luncheon meat, adding sugar to dill pickles, pickles on peanut butter sandwiches–now I know what they serve for lunch in Hell. ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/18 "2004-06-25T11:49:15Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > What’s the dill, pickle? > > My Dad always says this. heehee…i love that one… ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/19 "2004-06-25T12:38:24Z")
> [@Dr. Rieux](#): > > **whiterabbit** , i like you. > > Sweet pickles, synthetic luncheon meat, adding sugar to dill pickles, pickles on peanut butter sandwiches–now I know what they serve for lunch in Hell. I could deal with the fake lunch meat, but the rest…I don’t like pickles on sandwiches, but I do love a good dill on the side. Sweet pickles are an abomination unto God, no matter where they exist. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/20 "2004-06-25T12:55:10Z")
I’m just reeling from the thought of IGA not being a regional store in Canada. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962.md?page=2)