Today I am going to talk about Wickles pickles.  Wickles Pickles bills itself as "A Wickedly Delicious Pickle."  Delicious, yes, wickedly delicious, probably not so much.  This probably goes back to the fact that I don't love sweet pickles.  These pickles, like Famous Dave's are sweet with a little spice.  I do like the contrast.  Sweet with spicy is much better than just sweet.  What I don't like about Wickles is that they are not very crisp.  So the texture does not get a good grade in my book!

This jar of pickles, I again shared with my neighbors.  Overall they really liked them.  My next door neightbor, Steve, is a pickle fan like me and he enjoyed them.  He didn't mention anything about the texture bothering him, so maybe I am just picky.  The neighbors did agree that the pickles did not go well with the red wine I was drinking.  I think pickles go better with a white.  I have tried to figure out what wines go best with pickles in general and when I read up on the subject most experts say none really do.  The smell is too strong of vinegar, the taste is too strong, etc.  Beer is suppose to be the alcoholic beverage you drink with pickles.  I do not like this one bit.  I think a nice Sauvignon Blanc is fine with pickles.  (My father, if he is reading this, is gagging right now.  He never found my pickle pairings appetizing.)  I guess I need to find a nice winter wine that will go with pickles too.  That will be my goal over the fall months.

In my quest to find a wine and pickle pairing I discovered Zappa's old Guitarist, Mike Keneally has an album called "Pickles and Wine."  Here is a song from that album: