# What do you suppose "euchred eggs" are?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 18, 2006, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-suppose-euchred-eggs-are/369186 "2006-08-18T03:00:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2006, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-suppose-euchred-eggs-are/369186/21 "2006-08-21T22:27:52Z")

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[QUOTE=WhyNot]  
HEY! I got a reply from Heinz today!

So, now we know. 🙂  
[/QUOTE]

Awesome! Great job. Euchred figs sound like a real good idea…sweet & tart & salty. Yum yum. We’ll have to improvise a recipe.

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**Author:** ![cstamets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/958977/32.png) [@cstamets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cstamets)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2006, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-suppose-euchred-eggs-are/369186/22 "2006-08-21T22:37:35Z")

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[Sweet fig pickles](http://homecooking.about.com/library/archive/blpickle9.htm) sound close?

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**Author:** ![cstamets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/958977/32.png) [@cstamets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cstamets)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-suppose-euchred-eggs-are/369186/23 "2006-08-21T22:45:59Z")

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[Best pickled figs](http://www.justfruitrecipes.com/fru-fig00019.html) - that’s what they’re called, not my opinion.  
This page has more [pickled fig recipes.](http://www.justfruitrecipes.com/inxfig-page03.html)

all right… I’m done.

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2006, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-suppose-euchred-eggs-are/369186/24 "2006-08-21T22:46:56Z")

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Close, but maybe sweeter than Heinz reported?

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> The flavor of the figs was somewhat sour. The brine was similar to that used on dill pickles today.

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2006, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-suppose-euchred-eggs-are/369186/25 "2006-08-21T22:50:16Z")

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You can buy url=http://bizrate.lycos.com/fruits\_vegetables/oid403108828.html]the sweet ones.

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-suppose-euchred-eggs-are/369186/26 "2006-08-21T22:52:08Z")

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Apparently there’s a “sweet-sour” recipe in [The Glass Pantry.](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0811803937/103-7952315-4685414?v=glance&n=283155)

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-suppose-euchred-eggs-are/369186/27 "2006-08-22T00:05:42Z")

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But what about crottled greeps?

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