The First pickle (well sort of)

In case I didn’t make this clear I may eat more than one type of pickle a day.  I may even talk about more than one pickle a day. I am going to write about AT LEAST about one pickle a day.  The reason I start this entry with this little disclaimer is because I usually carry a few pickles in a baggie in my purse.  Usually to eat with my lunch and the ones I had with my lunch today are my old reliable, and since this blog is about new pickle experience, it will mostly not be my baggie pickles.  The lunch pickles were made by my neighbor, Kevin, who will get his own entry. 

So to support my project, my daughter, Claire and husband, Alberto thought they would visit Whole Foods and Sprouts to start me off.  The first pickle was Nathan’s Half Sours.  Nathan’s pickles are packed and sold by another pickle company called Hermann Pickle Company.  The interesting thing about the half sours is that they do NOT have vinegar in their ingredients.  Without the vinegar they are able to stay really crispy, which in my opinion is a good thing.  The sours are packed with garlic, which is definitely the dominate flavor.  Without the vinegar, I think these pickles taste course.  I don’t know how else to describe it.  (Please see my first entry where I confess that I am NOT a foodie.)  They are sour but not a pucker your lips sour.  The appearance is very pleasing.  They look like a tasty deli pickle.  The texture is much like an un-pickled cucumber.  For the most part, I don’t think the Nathan’s Half Sours will ever be in my regular pickle rotation, or in my baggie of purse pickles because if I wanted this taste I could just chew on garlic cloves that have been sitting in brine.  Sorry Nathan’s.  You still make an excellent hot dog though…

Just a reminder that Jersey Shore premiers this week on MTV.  I have not ever watched this show and the whole premise is pretty low brow for even me, who relishes bad TV.  I mention it because Snooki, the pickle loving reality star, said that while on a road trip she tried fried pickles in a bar in Savannah, GA.  She called it “a life changing experience.”  Therefore, Snooki, whose name apparently was not given to her by Jay and Silent Bob, has good taste.  I don’t know if it makes the show worth watching, but it makes it worth a shout out.