How many of you crave PICKLES on the playa?

Carla Lyn · Post by **Carla Lyn** » Wed May 06, 2009 10:24 pm

My crew and i are trying to decide on some last thoughts about our art car stuff & one of the things that we were thinking of doing is passing out pickles. I know the idea sounds kind of odd.... even for the playa. It would go along with the motif of our art car idea, but i wanted to ask all of you if you would enjoy an ice cold pickle mid day on the Esplanade.

This idea spawned from a pretty comical fight that happened last year at our camp when a good friend & myself towards the end of the week, got in a huge struggle over the last pickle in the jar outta the cooler! lol....

With all the dust storms & wind everyone in our tent ate up this huge jar of pickles I had bought. It seems the vinegar completely quenched our parched throats & was delicious! lmao...

Which such an odd idea, I figured it might be a good idea to see what ppl thought before we go fund raising to buy 20 gallons of pickles to take with us.

Your opinions are appreciated! Thank you!

Much <3

Oldguy · Post by **Oldguy** » Thu May 07, 2009 1:16 am

I love pickles! Dill, sweet gerkins, bread-n-butter, relish, chutney, and cucumbers/ baby zuchinis.

SonOfUgly · Post by **SonOfUgly** » Thu May 07, 2009 1:33 am

mmmmm

DrPeffer · Post by **DrPeffer** » Thu May 07, 2009 1:53 am

Know what? I think you're definitely onto something. No doubt, you crave salty foods on the playa. You tend to not realize it until you start eating something salty and then can't. stop. I know that's how it's gone any time someone busted out some cold deli meat around my camp. Lots of people will likely scoff, but to those in the know, it will be a pretty memorable gift, I think : )

SpacemanSpliff · Post by **SpacemanSpliff** » Thu May 07, 2009 4:07 am

1. Salty
2. Has water in it.
3. Delicious.

Sounds like a perfect playa snack to me.

Post by **AntiM** » Thu May 07, 2009 6:25 am

I love ice-cold sweet midget gherkins.

And I like tiny little pickles too.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Thu May 07, 2009 7:15 am

AntiM wrote:I love ice-cold sweet midget gherkins.

And I like tiny little pickles too.

hahaha
as I read your first line, I thought of an addition, and, found it on your second line...........giggling..........

*it usually scares people when I think like them*

ConnieH · Post by **ConnieH** » Thu May 07, 2009 7:33 am

I brought a box of Ho-Hos and a jar of dill pickles last year. Never ate the Ho-Hos (odd for me!), but the pickles were devoured...LOVE them, great idea!

Peanut butter and pickles sandwiches...mmmmmm...I may live on those this year.

Fire_Moose · Post by **Fire_Moose** » Thu May 07, 2009 8:08 am

Connie yer the only other one i have heard of that has tried peanut butter and pickles! Thats awesome, it rocks....hard to get the peanut butter to stay on the pickle but if you make a sangwich yer set!

Bounce530 · Post by **Bounce530** » Thu May 07, 2009 8:31 am

I was told that you are suppose to eat at least a pickle a day on the playa to help with keeping your salt up. So I did, and will.

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Thu May 07, 2009 8:39 am

Mmmmm Pickles, love em all and took them with me to do battle with the evil alkali

Also love olives, have a nice container of big plump spanish olives for lunch, I pity the poor patient who gets to be the first to smell my breath afterwards, muah hah hah hahhhhhh

Zona_the_stona · Post by **Zona_the_stona** » Thu May 07, 2009 9:01 am

I love pickles!

A few years ago my friend was in a camp called Future Pickle. They were making awesome pickle martinis all week!

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Thu May 07, 2009 9:25 am

Actually, fresh cucumbers have a documented cooling effect. Pickling them in in salt and vinegar can only make them more refreshing.

Pickles and bacon are the new black this year!

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu May 07, 2009 10:10 am

Could this bring unwanted attention from the health department?

Toolmaker · Post by **Toolmaker** » Thu May 07, 2009 10:20 am

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Thu May 07, 2009 12:10 pm

I do! Especially the ice cold crunchy Kosher dills!

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Thu May 07, 2009 1:28 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:Could this bring unwanted attention from the health department?

ixnay on the icklepay

LostinReno · Post by **LostinReno** » Thu May 07, 2009 3:43 pm

Toolmaker wrote:

Am I the only one that finds these awesome????
I think you are on to something!!!!

I love pickles!

ourania · Post by **ourania** » Thu May 07, 2009 3:47 pm

I'm definitely in for pickles. Kosher Dills, Mmmmmm. Great idea. I'll keep an eye out for the Picklemobile!

sattelite5812 · Post by **sattelite5812** » Thu May 07, 2009 7:47 pm

Seriously? So I'm not the only one who's had that odd craving out there!

I second (or third... or fourteenth) the motion -- you are really onto something! And not just pickled cucumbers; olives, carrot sticks, greenbeans, pepperoncinis... anything pickled is good, and even more so in the desert!

I'll be the one with the Bloody Mary, chasing after your MV for embellishments!

Carla Lyn · Post by **Carla Lyn** » Thu May 07, 2009 8:13 pm

Yaaaaaaaaaaaay! I'm so glad this has had a positive response. I knew my friend & I had a reasonable quarrel over the last pickle....it wasn't just the crankiness & sleep deprivation! lol...... ;o)

I will definitely have to relay this info to my crew & start preparations. Mad planning is in order!

Thank you soooooooooo much for your feed back. We were really on the fence with this one.

I can't wait to share with you guys! I'm so home sick for the playa.

BTW.... names we were considering for our silly idea.

"THE PLAYA PICKLE MY DICKLE DISCO"

"THE PLAYA PICKLE PALACE"

"PICKLE MY DICKLE"

"LOOK.... ITS A PICKLE!"

See you all on the Esplanade! ....god willing of course =0P.....lol

MUCH <3

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Fri May 08, 2009 9:38 am

Are you pregnant?

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Sat May 09, 2009 12:24 pm

Sail Man wrote:Mmmmm Pickles, love em all and took them with me to do battle with the evil alkali

Also love olives, have a nice container of big plump spanish olives for lunch, I pity the poor patient who gets to be the first to smell my breath afterwards, muah hah hah hahhhhhh

Olives...plain, or STUFFED. Yeah.
....and those jars of pickled mixed vegetables.

Dude, I'm DEFINITELY camping next to you again!

CapSmashy · Post by **CapSmashy** » Sat May 09, 2009 1:23 pm

For a real treat, pickles and vodka.

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Sat May 09, 2009 2:12 pm

There was a pickle camp 3 years ago by the 9:00 plaza......just sayin'

It was simply called pickle camp.

ThePaperLeaf · Post by **ThePaperLeaf** » Sat May 09, 2009 5:20 pm

This will be my first year. I'm not up to doing whatever it takes to hand out free pickles to everyone, but you've convinced me to bring a case of my homemade pickles for my campmates. Jalepeno Garlic Dill. They took 2nd place at the Nevada State Fair last year.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sat May 09, 2009 6:33 pm

why the hell tell us about your wonderful pickles if you're not going to share them with us...........

Jeeze.......

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Sat May 09, 2009 9:37 pm

There is always the Critical Dicks march.

You can share one pickle with thousands of people that way.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sun May 10, 2009 6:12 am

not everyone likes "midget gherkins"....

Toolmaker · Post by **Toolmaker** » Sun May 10, 2009 7:04 am

LostinReno wrote:
Toolmaker wrote:
Am I the only one that finds these awesome????
I think you are on to something!!!! I love pickles!

No I love em too.. thats why I posted it.

Frozen treats are always one of my favorite things to get during the day. If I could afford to bring an ice cream truck I would.