# What's in the jar on Moe's bar? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 26, 2004, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-jar-on-moes-bar/236539 "2004-03-26T08:38:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-jar-on-moes-bar/236539/21 "2004-03-26T15:22:48Z")
Moved to CS. - **xash** General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-jar-on-moes-bar/236539/22 "2004-03-26T15:30:49Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > In the now-lost New York City episode (no longer syndicated because of the World Trade Tower scenes) the pickled egg jar was used early in the show to pick who would be the designated driver on St Patrick’s Day. Each person had to pick an egg and the person who got the black egg was “it”. As Moe explained, “just like they pick the pope.” That the one where Duffman showed up to torment Barney? ---
**Author:** ![diku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@diku](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diku)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-jar-on-moes-bar/236539/23 "2004-03-26T15:34:42Z")
> [@Jeff Olsen](#): > > That the one where Duffman showed up to torment Barney? That’s the one. And it’s still in syndication. I’ve seen it as recent at two months ago in syndication. It never got pulled. One of their best episodes. ---
**Author:** ![PRNYouth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PRNYouth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PRNYouth)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-jar-on-moes-bar/236539/24 "2004-03-26T15:40:05Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > In the now-lost New York City episode (no longer syndicated because of the World Trade Tower scenes) the pickled egg jar was used early in the show to pick who would be the designated driver on St Patrick’s Day. Each person had to pick an egg and the person who got the black egg was “it”. As Moe explained, “just like they pick the pope.” **diku** is right. The episode still airs. As I recall, it was removed from the repeat schedule for a while following 9/11, but it has definitely aired – with WTC references intact. I too have seen it. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-jar-on-moes-bar/236539/25 "2004-03-26T15:43:58Z")
In one episode, I think it’s the one that’s the story of how Lisa got her saxophone, Lisa counts the number of pickled eggs and cockroaches in the jar. Can’t remember how many were in there though. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-jar-on-moes-bar/236539/26 "2004-03-26T15:50:56Z")
It was also the lure of Free Pickled eggs all night that lured Aerosmith onto the stage in the “Flaming Moe” episode. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-jar-on-moes-bar/236539/27 "2004-03-26T17:01:48Z")
> [@Kid\_A](#): > > In one episode, I think it’s the one that’s the story of how Lisa got her saxophone, Lisa counts the number of pickled eggs and cockroaches in the jar. Can’t remember how many were in there though. Lisa:“There’s 8 pickled Eggs…and one cockroach”. Moe: “Hiya Sweetie…What are you? The Health Inspector?” Man at Bar: “No, but I am”. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-jar-on-moes-bar/236539/28 "2004-03-26T17:03:36Z")
> [@TwistofFate](#): > > It was also the lure of Free Pickled eggs all night that lured Aerosmith onto the stage in the “Flaming Moe” episode. Curse my metal fingers, I wasn’t fast enough. Anyway, the _Simpsons_ writers originally wrote “Free beer” as the lure, but this episode was in Aerosmith’s gung-ho sober days, so they wanted the line changed. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-jar-on-moes-bar/236539/29 "2004-03-26T17:15:07Z")
> [@One And Only Wanderers](#): > > you can still get pickled eggs in some pubs in the UK, but yes it is a declining practice I would say. I’ve never had the nerve to try one myself, i mean…_pickled eggs?_ Bah-- Pickled eggs are for lightweights. Rollmops are _real_ barfare. Raw herring wrapped around bits of cucumber or beet, held in place with a toothpick, and steeped in brine with onion and seasonings. Puts hair on your chest. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-jar-on-moes-bar/236539/30 "2004-03-26T17:47:32Z")
This far in and nobody’s mentioned pickled pig’s feet? Available in any Southern retail establishment worth its concrete floor? Keeps forever? No? Fine, then. I’ve even seen people _eat_ them. With toenails! ---
**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:** [March 26, 2004, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-jar-on-moes-bar/236539/31 "2004-03-26T18:08:35Z")
> [@TwistofFate](#): > > It was also the lure of Free Pickled eggs all night that lured Aerosmith onto the stage in the “Flaming Moe” episode. \ My father and I watched that episode together and it will forever remain as my favorite episode ever - but mainly because of my father’s comment at the end of the show. CrazyDad: You know, I would have bet you 10 dollars that they were gonna compromise and call it the Flaming HoMoe. \ ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-jar-on-moes-bar/236539/32 "2004-03-26T23:58:15Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > Bah-- Pickled eggs are for lightweights. Rollmops are _real_ barfare. > > Raw herring wrapped around bits of cucumber or beet, held in place with a toothpick, and steeped in brine with onion and seasonings. > > Puts hair on your chest. No, no - rollmops **and** pickled eggs. Plus beer, of course. That’s the ticket! **Snooopy** , I’m just amazed that you’d not heard of pickled eggs. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-jar-on-moes-bar/236539/33 "2004-03-27T00:05:49Z")
The best use of Moe’s jar of eggs was in the episode where Frank Grimes Jr. is trying to kill Homer - he shoots at Homer at the bar and misses, hitting the jar of eggs. Moe runs over and says “I should’ve taken more pictures!” Pan to a collage of photos behind the bar - a studio shot of Moe and the jar; four “silly photo booth” shots, and a shot of Moe and the jar at the beach. All while “Memories” plays in the background. There was a bar in St. Louis that had the pickled egg jar. Our friends and I invented a shot - the “Mexican Chicken.” A shot of well tequila, chased by a hard-boiled egg. Pollo-licious. ---
**Author:** ![Zoltarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/dc4da7/32.png) [@Zoltarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoltarb)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-jar-on-moes-bar/236539/34 "2004-03-27T03:06:32Z")
\ Before he stopped drinking, pickled eggs and peanuts were the only thing Barney ate. \ And let’s not forget that homer used the trusty jar to preserve his thumb after marge chopped it off. … Man, they’ve had some good times with that jar… ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-jar-on-moes-bar/236539/35 "2004-03-27T03:08:13Z")
I vaguely remember something involving Maggie and the jar, although I’m not at all sure… ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-jar-on-moes-bar/236539/36 "2004-03-27T03:29:35Z")
Don’t forget Moe himself ended up in the jar on one occasion-one of the Halloween eps, I bet, I just can’t remember which one. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-jar-on-moes-bar/236539/37 "2004-03-27T03:56:31Z")
I ate many a pickled egg in my bar-hopping days. Some bars also had pickled sausages. Also I will have you know that the combination of cheap draught beer and pickled eggs produces the most lethal farts known to man. ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-jar-on-moes-bar/236539/38 "2004-03-27T05:38:25Z")
If memory serves me right, there was an episode wherein the jar _was_ broken. Moe looks at the remaining shards mournfully and says, “Aw man, now I wish I’d taken more pictures.” He then pulls out a photo album containing pictures of him posing with the jar, him and the jar at the beach, etc. Which episode was this? ---
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Personified](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Beauty\_Personified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Personified)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-jar-on-moes-bar/236539/39 "2004-03-27T05:38:41Z")
I believe there was a pickled _ear_ jar in **Gangs of New York**. Hell-Cat Maggie came into the bar and tossed one in a jar. Then got a mug of grog from the barkeep. Nice! 😃 Anyhoo… ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-jar-on-moes-bar/236539/40 "2004-03-27T05:41:35Z")
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