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[–] solidgrue 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Stop. Look at me.

Pickle it.
Dehydrate it.
Powder it.
Snort it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

New Daft Punk song just dropped

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

that which dont kill me can only make me dumber

[–] solidgrue 1 points 1 year ago

Lol, #accidentalDaftPunk

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

instructions unclear. can't breathe

[–] Evono 2 points 1 year ago

Should probably copyright the lyrics

[–] gamer200402 24 points 1 year ago

Pickle chips are a thing though. https://www.buypicklechips.com/

[–] MoltenBoron 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you ever seen a group of old European men "hanging out" in the gym locker room? That's why.

[–] justaveg 11 points 1 year ago

100% hilarious and 0% appropriate.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] afraid_of_zombies2 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

some one did it https://rockinwhomestead.com/dehydrated-pickles/

I imagine it isnt popular because it is overpowering.

[–] Ech 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That means it is entirely possible that you could munch on 20 to 40 of these ships in one sitting if you are not paying attention, and consume the equivalent of two to four fresh pickles.

Would you really eat that many fresh pickles in one sitting?

Definitely not me...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] afraid_of_zombies2 1 points 1 year ago

Yes. Report back.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Because cucumbers (my spelling is horryble)
Are like 90 something % water, drying it would be very bad

[–] arachnosocialism 12 points 1 year ago

I kinda want a dried pickle now wtf?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I dried out a cucumber over time like a gourd once just to see what would happen, and at the end it was basically a loofah, super light and airy.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

my guess is that drying something, much like pickling something, is used as a method of preserving the given food. as a pickle is already preserved, you wouldn’t need to dehydrate it.

[–] Cha0zz 4 points 1 year ago

So are dried pickles the ultimate preserved food? There until the end of time?

[–] zeppo 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think freeze dried would be okay... like, crunchy? I'd put that on a baked potato. Just plain dehydrated might be chewy and not that great.

[–] justaveg 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

oh yeah thats a good point. well maybe it'd be ok if it were one of the sweeter varieties like bread and butter?

[–] zeppo 2 points 1 year ago

I feel like that might sorta be good on toast

[–] billiam0202 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What if you dehydrated pickles and then deep-fried them? Maybe it'd be crunchy?

[–] zeppo 1 points 1 year ago

we're going to have a dehydrate a pickle first...

[–] tallwookie 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

get a dehydrator & experiment, OP

[–] twistedtxb 5 points 1 year ago

Please report back OP

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I just realized I have one. Never used it tho, came as a bonus with another thing I bought.

I think I will try that, sounds fun.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Seems like it would work particularly well with a sweet pickle, concentrating the vinegar and salt flavors is going to make them really strong, sweetness would help balance it out a bit.

I'd even consider making a custom batch with a lighter seasoning (like summer style fridge cucumbers), so it's more like cucumber chips with vinegar and salt.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I bet dried sour pickles would make a killer seasoning.

[–] worker9 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think we should start with why are pickles a thing. I mean come on.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I gotta preserve my cucumbers somehow!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yknow it's weird. I love other pickled things. Hell, pickled onions are my favorite form of onions, and I love onion in general. But pickles? Disgusting. Can't stand them. The absolute worst.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I recently found pickled radishes at a farmer's market. So good!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

pickled radishes with some red pepper flakes added in the juice are amazing

[–] WindInTrees 3 points 1 year ago

Same, although I have actually tried pickles at certain restaurants that I've enjoyed. Very rare though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

what about sweet pickles?

[–] LeHorror 2 points 1 year ago

In case serious. Before refrigeration and Air conditioning were invented, farmers wanted to keep their produce from going bad.

You had a few options, canning, bottling, pickling, salting, drying. Canning was invented 250 years ago or so. Bottling was a thing as long as bottles have been around, which is 500 or so years ago. Beyond that, the best way to ensure food doesn't grow bacteria or mold or whatever on it is to make the food inhospitable to microbial life, so by depriving it of water or putting something in it that prevents growth. So vinegar and salt.

That's why pickles are a thing. We now live in an age where food "just comes from the grocery or food kiosk or restaurant". Mostly due to improvements in technology. But food usually comes in seasons. Whether hunting, fishing or planting. Fruit cocktail canning is done over the course of a month in a year. 24 hours nonstop.

Cucumbers grow easily. Preserving them turns them into pickles.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's fried pickles. That dries them out a bit

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Mmm.... Hooters fried pickles.....

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure what is really going on, but my regular grocery store has dill pickle salad and something is crunchy. It's really good!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Maybe because they’re mostly water?

[–] RoyalEngineering 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I remember correctly, the salad bar at Whole Foods has a topping that's dried dill pickles with some kind of seasoning on them. They're pretty tasty.

[–] RoyalEngineering 1 points 1 year ago

UPDATE: I went back and I think it’s more like a fried pickle. They are delicious though:

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