# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/21 "2004-06-25T13:25:20Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > 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” _Sweet_ (or sugared) pickles on a peanut butter and pickle sandwich? That’s just yuck. Butter on one side, peanut butter on the other, dill pickles sliced lengthwise in between. Now that’s just yum! ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/22 "2004-06-25T15:43:21Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > I’m just reeling from the thought of IGA not being a regional store in Canada. The Independent Grocers Association has member stores in a wide range of habitats – Wendell (the only community in the U.S. whose name derives from the middle name of a Supreme Court justice), about 11 miles southwest of here, has an IGA that is reputed to have the best meat, both in quality and value. Having grown up living a block from an IGA, it was kind of cool to find one here as well. (Neither of them had decent delis, though!) ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/23 "2004-06-25T16:51:23Z")
You guys are going to make me puke. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/24 "2004-06-25T17:09:29Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > It’s textured vegetable protein crafted to look and taste like animal flesh. It tastes much better than it sounds. Well, I personally don’t think it tastes _ANYTHING_ like dead animal. (Which I happen to find yucky.) It is, however, damn tasty. Ummm, testured vegetable protein. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/25 "2004-06-25T17:23:16Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > cle > > I don’t want a pickle, I just wanna ride my motorsickle. You don’t want a tickle then either, yes? ---
**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, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/26 "2004-06-25T17:27:43Z")
Nah… Cause I’d rather ride my motorsickle. (I had just gotten this song out of my head, so thanks very much for being kind enough to put it back.) :smack: ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/27 "2004-06-25T18:50:58Z")
> [@Dr. Rieux](#): > > 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. Bush vs Kerry, evolution vs creation, Mac vs PC. Whatever. Not important. But them’s fightin’ words. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/28 "2004-06-25T19:41:22Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > The Independent Grocers Association has member stores in a wide range of habitats – Wendell (the only community in the U.S. whose name derives from the middle name of a Supreme Court justice), about 11 miles southwest of here, has an IGA that is reputed to have the best meat, both in quality and value. Having grown up living a block from an IGA, it was kind of cool to find one here as well. > > (Neither of them had decent delis, though!) Yep, the IGA in my hometown has it’s own butcher shop. The store is old and dirty and weird (I like it, though), but they have the best meat in town. ---
**Author:** ![cdnguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@cdnguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cdnguy)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/29 "2004-06-25T19:46:58Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > “Hey Mom! How much sugar goes on the dill pickles? I REALLY wanted a peanut butter pickle sandwich” This is, quite possibly, the most disgusting ‘sammich’ I have ever heard of. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/30 "2004-06-25T21:51:20Z")
**Otto:** I wish for a textured vegetable protein sandwich, on french bread, with lettuce and mustard and sweet pickles, AND, I don’t want any zombie textured vegetable protein, I don’t want to turn into textured vegetable protein myself, and I don’t want any other weird surprises. You got it? [the monkey’s paw closes its finger in understanding] [a vegetable protein sandwich materializes] **Otto:** (_chomp, chomp._) Not bad. Nice hot mustard. Good bread. The pickles don’t taste sweet… _THE PICKLES DON’T TASTE SWEET!_ ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/31 "2004-06-25T23:00:47Z")
> [@cdnguy](#): > > This is, quite possibly, the most disgusting ‘sammich’ I have ever heard of. OK, listen up, people. PB&P is NOT disgusting! Think about it for a moment. What do you put on a peanut butter sandwich? Steak sauce? Corn? Asparagus? Fuck no! You use jelly. Or honey. Or banamanas. Or even, so I’ve heard, jelly beans. What do these things have in common? Could it be, quite possibly, sugar? Fuck yeah! You want something sweet. But what else do you want? Well, some people like crunchy peanut butter. Why? Because they like to crunch. Makes you feel like you’re really eating. So, what’s both crunchy and sweet? Do I really have to do the math for you? ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/32 "2004-06-25T23:54:57Z")
> [@Marlitharn](#): > > 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. Ok the last section needs some classic doper explanation. Are these diapers made by the same company or something? If they were packaged in the same box, they are likely made from the same machinery, hence are they actually the same. Any parents out there??? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2004, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/33 "2004-06-26T03:21:47Z")
I feel your pain. I love me a good sweet pickle, but dill pickles are foul beyond belief. Bleah. I once bought a box of cheese taquitos only to open it up and find… beef taquitos. _sigh_ Not much good in an all-vegetarian household. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2004, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/34 "2004-06-26T05:00:18Z")
> [@Lissa](#): > > Ok the last section needs some classic doper explanation. Are these diapers made by the same company or something? If they were packaged in the same box, they are likely made from the same machinery, hence are they actually the same. Any parents out there??? Well, they’re both made by the same company, but if you hold them side by side, they’re not really the same. Pampers feel stiff to me, while the Luvs are a bit softer and crinklier. Luvs are cheaper, too. And they had Barney on them, while the Pampers had little teddy bears. Diapers is diapers, but a dill ain’t a sweet pickle. And pickles and peanut butter? Bleh. What I like is chopped sweet pickle crammed into pita bread with some of that Cajun roasted turkey breast from the deli. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2004, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/35 "2004-06-26T17:00:44Z")
> [@Marlitharn](#): > > Diapers is diapers, but a dill ain’t a sweet pickle. At first reading, I thought this said “Diapers is diapers, but it ain’t a sweet pickle” I was going to reply “boy, don’t you learn _that_ the hard way!!” ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/36 "2004-06-27T00:13:44Z")
> [@Exgineer](#): > > You guys are going to make me puke. If discussions of pickles _et al._ disturb you, may I reference you over to MPSIMS, where there is a tasteful discussion of Penis Zits? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/37 "2004-06-27T03:01:49Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > If discussions of pickles _et al._ disturb you, may I reference you over to MPSIMS, where there is a tasteful discussion of Penis Zits? 😛 Last time I checked, people don’t talk about _eating_ penis zits. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/38 "2004-06-27T03:34:48Z")
> [@Maeglin](#): > > Last time I checked, people don’t talk about _eating_ penis zits. Well, thanks to the internet and your post, I’m sure that someone will soon discover that they have a fetish for it, and the pr0n sites will all be overran with images of folks chomping happily on a penis zit. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/39 "2004-06-27T12:22:32Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Well, thanks to the internet and your post, I’m sure that someone will soon discover that they have a fetish for it, and the pr0n sites will all be overran with images of folks chomping happily on a penis zit. It’s really important to me that all of my posts make a _difference_/ ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962/40 "2004-06-27T16:52:59Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] IGA that is reputed to have the best meat, both in quality and value. Having grown up living a block from an IGA, it was kind of cool to find one here as well./ [QUOTE] Cherish those old-school IGA butchers while you have 'em, folks, cause sooner or later they will retire or die and be replaced by new-style supermarket-trained butchers who aren’t even competent enough to tell when meat is spoiled before they sell it to you. This post in memory of Earl, who retired and promptly died. We miss you Earl, but the memory of your roasts and chops will remain with us. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iga-i-curse-you-to-my-last-dill-scented-breath/251962.md?page=1)