# Unhand my Pickle! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 10, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhand-my-pickle/147679 "2003-01-10T04:08:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![wdcsmwscaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbce88/32.png) [@wdcsmwscaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wdcsmwscaa)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhand-my-pickle/147679/61 "2003-01-11T23:49:13Z")
peanut butter and pickle sandwiches. I thought I was the only one!! _sniff_ I have found my people. But what, pray tell, are these dill pickle chips…? ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhand-my-pickle/147679/62 "2003-01-12T00:15:14Z")
Dill Pickle Chips… the food of the gods… chips that taste like dill pickles… mmm… I want some now ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhand-my-pickle/147679/63 "2003-01-12T00:45:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wdcsmwscaa \* > \*\* > > But what, pray tell, are these dill pickle chips…? \*\* They’re potato chips with a light dusting of dill on ‘em. They’re kinda like those oyster cracker snacks, where you toss a big, honkin’ ol’ bag of oyster crackers with some vegetable oil, a packet of dried ranch dressing and lashings of dried dill. (Some garlic salt completes the bliss.) Good to know there are so many other die-hard dill fans out there. It reminds me of a favorite bit on _Iron Chef_. Morimoto had done one of his fusion dishes including dill. At Tasting and Judgement, the Lower House Member commented on it: **LHM** : I’m enjoying the taste of something but I don’t know what it is. **Morimoto** : Dill. **LHM** : Dill? **Morimoto** : Dill. It’s a western herb. **LHM** : Oh. Sorry for the side-track, but it’s pickle _realted_. Veb ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhand-my-pickle/147679/64 "2003-01-12T00:53:12Z")
I have no idea why I did this for those of you who like dill pickle dip, but I did. Here, now if you will pardon me I believe I’m about to get ill. [http://www.mamastable.com/recipes/Dip/dill\_pickle\_chip\_dip.htm](http://www.mamastable.com/recipes/Dip/dill_pickle_chip_dip.htm) ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhand-my-pickle/147679/65 "2003-01-12T01:27:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ayesha \* > \*\*I have no idea why I did this for those of you who like dill pickle dip, but I did. Here, now if you will pardon me I believe I’m about to get ill. > > \*\* Because you a _goddess_ among posters! Because you set aside Self on behalf of those suffering, deprived souls who, unlike that poopyhead **featherlou** \*, cannot just walk out and BUY dill pickle chip dip. - 😃 Suffering and deprived no more, Veb ---
**Author:** ![wdcsmwscaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbce88/32.png) [@wdcsmwscaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wdcsmwscaa)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhand-my-pickle/147679/66 "2003-01-12T05:22:37Z")
_drooling in copious amounts_ I need these dill pickle chips before I short my keyboard out. But apperently you can’t find them in the states… ☹ Damn, we suck Anyone know how to _make_ them? ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhand-my-pickle/147679/67 "2003-01-12T05:43:26Z")
peanut butter and pickles on tuna fish with melted swiss on rye. YUMMM!!! my parents would leave the room when i made this concoction as a teen now i enjoy it without reserve! ---
**Author:** ![bristlesage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@bristlesage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bristlesage)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhand-my-pickle/147679/68 "2003-01-12T07:51:48Z")
**wdcsmwscaa** , if I’m going to send pickles to **Washte** way over in Britain, I can send you some Tim’s Cascade style dill pickle chips, if you’d like. Or you can call the phone number found on this website ([http://www.agrilinkfoods.com/tims/](http://www.agrilinkfoods.com/tims/)) and have them send you some. These might even be available in your neck of the woods. Until then, take a dill pickle, still slighltly dripping with pickle juice, and put it on top of the pile of potato chips next to your sandwich. That’ll work in a pinch. ---
**Author:** ![Washte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Washte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washte)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhand-my-pickle/147679/69 "2003-01-12T11:18:34Z")
I was absolutely _thrilled_ when **bristlesage** said she would send me pickles. To ME!! In England! WOW! I am such a lucky lass! I can’t wait. Oh, and I promise not to eat all of them on the day they arrive 😃 Cheers **bristlesage**! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhand-my-pickle/147679/70 "2003-01-12T19:57:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wdcsmwscaa \* > \*\*_drooling in copious amounts_ > > I need these dill pickle chips before I short my keyboard out. But apperently you can’t find them in the states… ☹ Damn, we suck > > Anyone know how to _make_ them? \*\* Sure you can! Herr’s makes them. Where do you live? ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhand-my-pickle/147679/71 "2003-01-13T00:43:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zappo \* > **::runs for the jar of Ba-Tampte garlic dills in the fridge::** Bought myself a jar of these suckers yesterday, just ate the last one 5min ago, hot damn they’re good! ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhand-my-pickle/147679/72 "2003-01-13T00:51:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wdcsmwscaa \* > \*\*_drooling in copious amounts_ > > I need these dill pickle chips before I short my keyboard out. \*\* psssst! Go to Herr’s [website](http://www.herrs.com) you can order Dill chips by the case! $17.88 for a case of 12 5.5oz bags. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhand-my-pickle/147679/73 "2003-01-13T03:37:56Z")
> [@](#): > > I could understand your concern were it actually your pickle, but it was set out on a plate between us as a communal pickle, not specifically designated for either of the diners. Were it indeed your pickle, I would have been entirely in the wrong, but you had made no move to establish you dominion or control over the pickle. Spoken like a true lawyer. But she’s your \*sister, \* man! There’s some things you just don’t do to your own sister, and thieving her pickles is one of them! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhand-my-pickle/147679/74 "2003-01-13T03:57:18Z")
**Persephone** , I wouldn’t trust any of my siblings or their spouses, either, when it came to potential food filching. I’m not condoning **Billdo’s** actions, or bolstering his defense (which, frankly, sounds like weaseling to me). I’m merely pointing out that family ties do not negate food-filching behavior. That being said, if **Green Bean** was so concerned about reserving her fair share of the “community pickles” she should have immediately taken one of them and put it on her plate. ---
**Author:** ![quijji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7bcc69/32.png) [@quijji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quijji)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhand-my-pickle/147679/75 "2003-01-15T16:13:09Z")
I have a strange similar story, but it invloves pizza. Some friends and I were enjoying the type of pizza that comes with the little buckets of garlic sause. I had decided that I was going to save my crust for the garlic sause. But suddenly as I was reaching for the little bucket o’ sause, one of the guys decides it’s ok to grab my crust and eat it without asking. I was really grossed out. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhand-my-pickle/147679/76 "2003-01-15T16:19:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miss Xanax \* > \*\*I But you know what the best thing ever is? **When you run out of pickles you get to drink the pickle juice out of the jar. YUM!** :eek: \*\* No, no…you leave it in the jar, and throw in a half dozen hard-boiled eggs. Let it set in the fridge for a few days. Enjoy with Budweiser during playoffs. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhand-my-pickle/147679/77 "2003-01-15T17:11:21Z")
IANAJM\*, but I really think this should have been moved to Cafe Society about a page and a half ago… \*[sub]I Am Not A Junior Mod :D[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhand-my-pickle/147679/78 "2003-01-15T18:51:18Z")
I am also a big pickle lover, and I have come up with a surefire way to keep the resident “pickle thieving bastards” from getting their grubby little mitts on my precious delicious loot. I keep a small jar of kosher dills in the office fridge, safely tucked inside a nondescript softsided lunchbox sealed with one of those tiny little suitcase padlocks. On the outside of the lunchbox I keep a stickie - “Please Keep Refrigerated - Breast Milk.” People around here will steal all sorts of stuff (spare change, pens, uneaten slices of pizza) but so far no one will even TOUCH a lunchbox full of “breast milk.” YET. (Fortunately, no one ever sees me take anything out of said lunchbox, or there would be a world class riot and I would have to stab people with my light-up Harry Potter magic wand pen.) ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhand-my-pickle/147679/79 "2003-01-15T19:39:34Z")
Anybody who wants my pickle can go right ahead and grab it. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d07c76/32.png) [@Little\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bear)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhand-my-pickle/147679/80 "2003-01-15T20:11:55Z")
A plain old dill pickle is OK, but I’ve always believed a _real_ pickle should bite back! Sour Garlic or Garlic Dills. Call me a dog, Pavlov, but just thinking about one makes my mouth water. For a real NY taste treat, try sliced garlic dill pickles on a bagel with cream cheese! (Actually, I don’t know anyone outside my family who eats this, but I learned it from my father and he grew up in Brooklyn, and I can’t imagine where else he could have gotten it from ;j ). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhand-my-pickle/147679.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unhand-my-pickle/147679.md?page=5)