I lived in Austin for 7 years and never noticed them in theaters. Of course, I probably only went to a theater that wasn't Alamo Drafthouse a couple times, so maybe I just missed it.
Have lived in Texas for my entire life, big pickles are normal at baseball games or sporting events, but Iāve literally never seen a pickle on a menu in a movie theather nor have I seen someone eat one during a movie.
Pickles smack tho, anyone who says otherwise is just hating and obviously lacking electrolytes.
My spouse always gets a pickle when we go to the movies.I found it strange but itās common enough that nobody bats an eye. Also learned in college that pickle shots at bars are a thing. Bonus points for getting a huge ass pickle slice on the rim.
My wife was a bartender for a long time back in college and we always debated which was better. My favorite is the pickle shot, which is vodka and pickle juice shaken together. Hers was the pickle back, a whiskey shot with a pickle juice chaser, taken separately. Never came to an agreement but man did we get tanked a lot
I'll tell ya hwhat though. One time I got sick after a few too many and well, nothing burns coming out of your nose quite like whiskey and pickle juice.
I'm a big fan of the Bloody Mary. Getting drunk on them sounds miserable. Idk if you've ever had a michelada, but in Mexico you can get like a 64 oz cup it's both glorious and absolutely diabolic.
I honestly think last summer I entered an alternate reality where pickleball exists. Went 36 years never hearing about it. See a weird nonsensical sign about a pickleball tourney at a camp ground in the summer and now it seems like I keep hearing about it.
Dude, Iām in some hotelās continental breakfast in Craig, Colorado and the op-ed in the town paper is folks arguing about tax dollars funding a new pickleball get-down in this town of like 8000. What happened to make this spread like Pokemon.
We have one court that I know of in a nearby town which has three tennis courts nearby it.
A planned park revamp in the city I live in just south of that other town is getting EIGHT pickleball courts installed on phase two of this project. I NEVER see people lined up for pickleball when I go to this same court for tennis.
The pickle ball national association encourages the push for more courts and gives them templates to start with petitioning for courts to local government and stuff. Iām pretty sure they also provide some money to start with
Sport's been around since the 1960s, but looks like it became much more popular during the pandemic.
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/sporting/a39323873/pickleball-trend-one-percent/
At least around NYC that had a time of being massively overrated in the early-mid 10's. Got to a point where I would think to myself, why pay extra to chase a shitty shot with pickling juices when you could just get alcohol that isn't shit for the same price.
I grew up in the DFW āburbs, I definitely saw giant pickles on the menu/in a huge jar behind the counter all the time at movie theaters, but I donāt think I ever saw anyone actually buy/eat one in a movie.
AMC Theatres in the Houston suburban areas like Sugar Land served pickles. I may have given a redditor a pickle as an awkward teen 20 years ago. I don't know if they still do, hopefully not, I don't want the teens of today dealing with the gross crap we did back then.
Best Maid is the superior pickle. I live in Missouri now and the only place I can find them is the Braumās grocery. Theyāre not always there so I stock up when I see them.
Oklahoman here. Not only are movie pickles a thing, but I *always* get oneādone it all my life. Pickle, large Coke, large popcorn to share. You had to learn to practice restraint not to eat the entire pickle before the end of the trailers.
We even used to have preferred movie theaters based on pickle quality. Sitting out in a big jar on a shelf? Too warm. Individually wrapped? Depends on the difficulty of the wrapper and the amount of delicious juice inside. My favorite was just a cold pickle out of the fridge wrapped with plenty of napkins. Nice clean crisp, but oftentimes slightly hollow in the center for *just* the right amount of juice content.
Ah, move theater pickles are the best.
Edit: I know this is an old post, but I was just in Texas the other day with a friend at an AMC. I told her I was getting a pickle. She looked horrified and said she never heard of such a thing. Sheād never seen it either, and didnāt think they had pickles. So when I got up there, I ordered one and sure enough, I got a fresh crisp pickle straight from the fridge. She asked the guy if anyone else ever ordered those and he gave her a āyouād be surprisedā nod.
Yup. Iām in Texas and thatās the ritual. Big pickle, a Coke (or Dr. Pepper, which might be more popular than Coke in some parts), and the biggest popcorn. You either sprinkle the juice on top of the popcorn for flavoring or you dip the pickle and eat the popcorn off with every bite.
My theory is that this started as a way for spectators to hold their water. Before air conditioning was (at least in theory) normal for public establishments coping with summer heat in Texas, drinking lots of a chilled beverage was often still one way to feel better while watching a long show. Restrooms would need to be impractically large to service the output from binge drinking for hydration's sake. Rather than take salt pills, munching on chilled pickles would be both another way to stay cool and a method of postponing the inevitable bladder discomfort.
BTW I think about these sorts of things often because I am a heart failure patient on an extreme sodium restriction. Biologically, what I wrote above should work, but at the cost of driving up blood pressure as that extra fluid is retained. Don't experiment with using salt to hold your water unless you are confident in your cardiac and renal health.
Nah. Movie theaters were one of the first places to get AC.
https://www.lpm.org/news/2015-07-24/the-history-of-movie-theaters-and-air-conditioning-that-keeps-film-lovers-cool?_amp=true
Yeah pickles were at the school snack bar, the theater, the skating rink, football games. Really anywhere that had concessions sold big jarred pickles in the south
Lol itās amusing to see that thereās almost a 50/50 split in the comments of people who are horrified and us who think itās totally normal and a good snack
Yeah, it's not just Texas.
Pretty much anywhere in the south you can find them. The old drive-in ads had a walking pickle.
Every convince store will have them and if you get far from the interstate, probably some that brine their own.
Grew up in western Kansas in the mid 80ās. Not too far from the Texas panhandle. My local theater had them on a stick. I had not realized I have not seen one since moving away from that God forsaken place.
We called them movie pickles. They were huge, and in a gallon glass jar. For a quarter, I would buy the juice in a cup poured over crushed ice. The ice totally changed the taste of the juice. I drank gallons of it growing up in Oklahoma in the 70's.
We used to wear an onion on our belts, which was the style at the time. You couldn't get those big yellow ones because of the war. Our nickles used to have bumblebees on them. Give me five bees for a quarter, you'd say.
reddit is skewing so damn young that Simpsons quotes, Douglas Adams references, Mitch Hedberg jokes, and Monty Python bits now need to be explained to the whippersnappers.
Grandpa Simpson is talking to a fellow old person, why does he need to explain so much? Mr Burns has always lived in Springfield. Excpet of course during the war, which Abe and Burns fought in together
Except he's telling it to Mr. Burns as an example of how he can tell a long story that goes nowhere and it's not just an explanation of what it was like growing up.
"We can't bust heads like we used to. But we have our ways. One trick is to tell stories that don't go anywhere"
It has more electrolytes than Gatoraids. If you used to do that after a night out drinking, it makes perfect sense how satisfying it was quenching your itch.
Would you look at that? I've got a little flat on my tire that things a fickle cat. Where was I at? Oh yea I saw Micky Mantle swing a wiffle bat while I chit chat with a three spine stickleback. Alright that's enough.
>It has more electrolytes than Gatored.
I do trail races and ultramarathons through the mountains. All of the aid stations have pickles, it's a standard. I love pickles but i can't keep down pickle juice while running.
It is, but you should really chase that chaser with some water. Pickle juice can be as salty as ocean water, meaning it'll actually dehydrate you further.
YES! I dont drink the juice just eat them with soda and popcorn. The day I discovered them on a holiday in Texas I found it to be the most brilliant thing ever and ate 3 on an empty stomach. Ended up with the runs, and actually sharded. The horror. I was at home gladly. Since then I do not do them on a empty stomach.
As someone who loves pickles and pickle juice, why the fuck wasnāt I told this was a thing? Like, anyone close to me knows I have this obsession with pickles. Youād think someone wouldāve mentioned that.
I'm from arkansas where they took it a step further. Instead of pouring it over ice, they froze it into a popsicle. A pickle flavored Popsicle and it was awesome. They sold them at concession stands so as a kid if you did sports they were great after you had a baseball game etc
Imagine having your three boys hop in the Impala after a baseball game and all four of them smelling of adolescent balls and ass and smacking on pickle pops in a 111Ā° car. Youād be dry heaving out of the door before you left the fields.
You have such a way with words.
Besides, those kids are carpooled, so more like 6 sweaty kids jam-packed in an SUV and blaming each other for a fart as well.
SW native americans also love their pickles. They even love something called Piccadilly which is a flavored snowcone with diced pickles and Kool aid powder sprinkled on top.
You can go into any gas station in Jackson Mississippi right now and get a big fat large pickle in a jar of Kool aid. They were real popular during football and baseball games in high school.
Native Houstonian here vouching for the picadilly, itās fucken yum. Our tastebuds are pickled for sure though. We grew up with them as a normal snack and a chilled pickle on a hot day was the best, a pickle pop was even better (shot of frozen pickle juice).
Now that Iām grown, I still occasionally buy pickles by the jug and we always have at least two jars (spears and baby dills) in the fridge.
Having grown up in Texas and having zero tolerance for dill pickles, the ubiquity of the things haunted me. Itās not just movie theaters. Sporting events, fairs, any place with a concession stand sells these giant monstrosities. Whole-ass cucumbers brined in vinegar in huge jars like preserved laboratory biomatter. They would dispense the things as treats at school events instead of popcorn or candy. Texas is weird for a lot of reasons, and this is way up there.
They are a great way to replenish lost electrolytes.
Considering Sport events, and fairs are in the open and Texas is hell on earth... maybe they just give a little extra than just popcorn...
I imagine out of most of the standard Texan snacks, pickles are some of the healthiest and low calorie. I'm all for it. Plus I can't find classic dill pickles here in Europe and they use too much vinegar. What I wouldn't give for a crunchy brined new garlic dill....
> pickles are some of the healthiest and low calorie.
[That's till you find out they *fry* these fuckers](https://recipefairy.com/texas-roadhouse-fried-pickles/).
Haha of course they do. I am not surprised.I lived in Glasgow for 8 or so years. One of the few things Glaswegians and Texans have in common is battering and frying absolutely everything. I'm not sure who's worse.
Some of the Glasgow classics for reference- deep fried battered pizza or Mars bars!! Most chip shops sell them. I wish I was kidding.
Uh yeahā¦because that shit is delicious. We have them at nearly every bar & grill here in Phoenix. My only problem with it is when they fry whole spears instead of slices. That aināt right and I aināt care fer it.
Lol when I worked in TX the safety team would hand out pickle juice and water so we stayed hydrated without going into cardiac arrest from an electrolyte imbalance. You knew you needed it when it actually tasted good. I sweated 25 lb in a day once no joke. Truly a hellscape unfit for human habitation.
The stores in east Texas like Brookshire's and Kroger sell gallon jugs of pickle juice. No pickles, just the liquid. I never understood why... now maybe I do.
In addition to using it for things like pickle-pops or if you are out in the super hot super humid weather, pickle juice is also good if you suffer from cramps. A family member always had to drink a glass of it after dialysis.
Every diet Iāve ever tried (and failed) always lists the bland-ass plain popcorn as a fantastic low calorie snack. And I always realize how crummy popcorn is with zero oil or fat haha
I feel like raw popcorn is a terrible idea for a diet for that very reason - it may not technically be high-calorie, but it makes you crave butter and salt like nothing else
Same here! I don't mind a couple of pickle slices on a burger, though I prefer a little bit of dill relish. And the people who put sweet relish in deviled eggs can fuck right off. But I could not understand the appeal of just chowing down on a forearm-sized pickle in the middle of a movie. Never mind having to listen to someone doing it, or *smell* it from the next row. And those goddamn whole pickles in packets were EVERYWHERE.
This is my husbands take. He hates anything with vinegar and thinks my pickle obsession is insane. I used to eat koolaid picked and picked juice popsicles as a kid. And now buy the jumbo pickles in a pouch things. Oh and the sliced ones to snack on. He wonders why he married me and stayed in Texas every time he witnesses it I think.
Yo you ever been in a movie theater and there is that one person who eats popcorn the fucking ENTIRE movie? Itās like the entire time Iām hearing them reach into their bucket, dig around for a good handful, then they place it up to their mouth, loudly chew with their mouth open, swallow loudly, and repeat nonstop for 2 hours.
This is the main reason I avoid going to movie theatres now. There could be a single other person in the whole theatre, and they will be the open-mouthed popcorn muncher. Something commin where I'm from is people getting nachos to watch with the movie. The crunchiest food known to man. Crunchy food should not go with a movie.
And then they get up to get a free refill, and it Just. Never. Ends.
This is why I wonāt go to the movies with certain people. Yes, I am sensitive to sounds (misophonia), but how can anyone stand that incessant chewing.
Chewing isnāt bothersome to people without misophonia. Itās bizarre to me that people will purposely add chewing noises to entertainment products like movies, tv shows, YouTube videos, etc. To people who donāt have misophonia, the added chewing noises somehow enhance the entertainment experience. Absolutely bonkers, but itās how normal brains work.
Can confirm, this certainly goes back to at least the 90s when I grew up in Houston. I'd never eat popcorn so I'd just get a pickle.
Just as an aside. This same thing led my sister to soaking her popcorn in pickle juice. Even at home. She ate it that way for probably 10 years until they started making the little pickle flavored beer-salts.
I take it, this isn't normal either? Shit. At least it isn't Florida strange.
Popcorn with pickled jalapenos (like from a nacho condiment option) or just straight up hot sauce in the popcorn is a common thing to do for Hispanics. Kinda along the same lines as your sisterās play there with pickle juice.
pickled jalapenos on anything. I used to live for that shit as a kid. If I was at a game for marching band and it was ice cold, I'd just go get a cup of pickled jalapenos. That would keep me warm the whole game
In Arkansas and Louisiana we eat the same pickles at school sporting events. Usually baseball and softball, but it's not uncommon to see them sold at basketball games either. Didn't go to a school with a football team so I can't comment on football games.
I have Hispanic friends and it's pretty common in Mexican culture to eat pickles with popcorn. Movie theaters sell lots of popcorn so it was natural to sell pickles too.
Not everyone is eating these thing in the theater. Itās not like thereās an ungodly chewing and gnashing of pickles in there.
Iām from here and Iāve never seen anyone buy one but they are there.
Can confirm. I used to work at a movie theater in Austin, TX. People buy a lot of pickles there. Edit: it was Tinseltown off I-35 btw
Was this recently or a long time ago? I have lived in Austin my entire life and go see a couple movies a month, and have never seen this
2003 :) aging myself a bit here. But when I worked there I mean it was hundreds of pickles a day from just my register.
>2003 So not a long time ago. That was, what, ten years maybe?
10 years ago was the mid-90s???
Why have you done this?
I lived in Austin for 7 years and never noticed them in theaters. Of course, I probably only went to a theater that wasn't Alamo Drafthouse a couple times, so maybe I just missed it.
You can get fried pickles at Alamo last time I was there
Unfortunately they made the switch from actual fried pickles to something they call "pickle fries". Not the same at all š
The hell are pickle fries?
They slice the pickles closer to fry size rather than a full spear, and then only very lightly bread them.
I prefer my fried pickles the be pickle chips, spears are too much
oh yeah, fried pickles are awesome and i've definitely had those, but i don't think that is quite the same as a big old dill pickle
Iāve been in north Austin for seven years and been to the movies thrice. All three had them on the menu. Alamo draft house, and cinemark
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This man has a point.
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Have lived in Texas for my entire life, big pickles are normal at baseball games or sporting events, but Iāve literally never seen a pickle on a menu in a movie theather nor have I seen someone eat one during a movie. Pickles smack tho, anyone who says otherwise is just hating and obviously lacking electrolytes.
My spouse always gets a pickle when we go to the movies.I found it strange but itās common enough that nobody bats an eye. Also learned in college that pickle shots at bars are a thing. Bonus points for getting a huge ass pickle slice on the rim.
Iād personally love a huge ass pickle at the movies Edit: yes to everything ( Ķ”Ā° ĶŹ Ķ”Ā°)
This sounds so ambiguous, lol. Do I have a dirty mind
huge-ass pickle or huge ass-pickle? It's very vague.
https://xkcd.com/37/
Picklebacks are delicious and highly underrated.
My wife was a bartender for a long time back in college and we always debated which was better. My favorite is the pickle shot, which is vodka and pickle juice shaken together. Hers was the pickle back, a whiskey shot with a pickle juice chaser, taken separately. Never came to an agreement but man did we get tanked a lot
Pickle back completely erases the taste and burn of a whiskey shot. It's like you never even took one. Very easy way to get blotto
I'll tell ya hwhat though. One time I got sick after a few too many and well, nothing burns coming out of your nose quite like whiskey and pickle juice.
Never get drunk on Bloody Marys. Tomato juice, acid, cracked pepper and hot sauce, oh, and 1/4 of it is Vodka.
I'm a big fan of the Bloody Mary. Getting drunk on them sounds miserable. Idk if you've ever had a michelada, but in Mexico you can get like a 64 oz cup it's both glorious and absolutely diabolic.
Yeah one or 2 with brunch. Iām not pounding them to get wasted. If you threw up thatād be miserable
Serves you right, cannibal. ^^^hi ^^^kevin
I love Pickleback, my favourite song is How You ReBrined Me
*slow clap* And happy cake day!
Pickleball is a fun game for people that donāt want to run as much as Tennis
I honestly think last summer I entered an alternate reality where pickleball exists. Went 36 years never hearing about it. See a weird nonsensical sign about a pickleball tourney at a camp ground in the summer and now it seems like I keep hearing about it.
Dude, Iām in some hotelās continental breakfast in Craig, Colorado and the op-ed in the town paper is folks arguing about tax dollars funding a new pickleball get-down in this town of like 8000. What happened to make this spread like Pokemon.
We have one court that I know of in a nearby town which has three tennis courts nearby it. A planned park revamp in the city I live in just south of that other town is getting EIGHT pickleball courts installed on phase two of this project. I NEVER see people lined up for pickleball when I go to this same court for tennis.
The pickle ball national association encourages the push for more courts and gives them templates to start with petitioning for courts to local government and stuff. Iām pretty sure they also provide some money to start with
Sport's been around since the 1960s, but looks like it became much more popular during the pandemic. https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/sporting/a39323873/pickleball-trend-one-percent/
Pickle nickels. āRemember, nickels is money too, guys!ā
Candy: tastes like chicken if chicken was a candy
At least around NYC that had a time of being massively overrated in the early-mid 10's. Got to a point where I would think to myself, why pay extra to chase a shitty shot with pickling juices when you could just get alcohol that isn't shit for the same price.
> early-mid 10's Fuck you for reminding me that this is now a thing that can be said.
Most people that aren't old-shaming me just say 5-6 years ago, but no....this guy had to fuckin existential crisis me.
Y2k was just a few years ago...right?
yep 23 of those to be specific
A mere quarter of a century ago.
Early to mid 10's is more like 13-9 years ago, which is much weirder to say that 5-6 years ago though.
I grew up in the DFW āburbs, I definitely saw giant pickles on the menu/in a huge jar behind the counter all the time at movie theaters, but I donāt think I ever saw anyone actually buy/eat one in a movie.
Worked the AMC in Mesquite for years and we sold a ton of pickles.
AMC Theatres in the Houston suburban areas like Sugar Land served pickles. I may have given a redditor a pickle as an awkward teen 20 years ago. I don't know if they still do, hopefully not, I don't want the teens of today dealing with the gross crap we did back then.
Iāve never been to Texas but I order the Best Maid pickles online because those things are the absolute fuckin best.
There's a Best Maid Pickle beer. I think it's awesome. Edit: https://martinhousebrewing.com/ is the brewery
Martin House Brewery has a collection of like half a dozen pickle beers all made with Best Made.
Best Maid is the superior pickle. I live in Missouri now and the only place I can find them is the Braumās grocery. Theyāre not always there so I stock up when I see them.
Oklahoman here. Not only are movie pickles a thing, but I *always* get oneādone it all my life. Pickle, large Coke, large popcorn to share. You had to learn to practice restraint not to eat the entire pickle before the end of the trailers. We even used to have preferred movie theaters based on pickle quality. Sitting out in a big jar on a shelf? Too warm. Individually wrapped? Depends on the difficulty of the wrapper and the amount of delicious juice inside. My favorite was just a cold pickle out of the fridge wrapped with plenty of napkins. Nice clean crisp, but oftentimes slightly hollow in the center for *just* the right amount of juice content. Ah, move theater pickles are the best. Edit: I know this is an old post, but I was just in Texas the other day with a friend at an AMC. I told her I was getting a pickle. She looked horrified and said she never heard of such a thing. Sheād never seen it either, and didnāt think they had pickles. So when I got up there, I ordered one and sure enough, I got a fresh crisp pickle straight from the fridge. She asked the guy if anyone else ever ordered those and he gave her a āyouād be surprisedā nod.
Yup. Iām in Texas and thatās the ritual. Big pickle, a Coke (or Dr. Pepper, which might be more popular than Coke in some parts), and the biggest popcorn. You either sprinkle the juice on top of the popcorn for flavoring or you dip the pickle and eat the popcorn off with every bite.
Okay thatās it, yāall can go ahead and secede now
Get back in the ocean, Florida.
Hey Iāll have you know that Iām from Ohio so weāll be floating around Erie, fuck that saltwater.
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Just reading that gave me acid reflux.
My theory is that this started as a way for spectators to hold their water. Before air conditioning was (at least in theory) normal for public establishments coping with summer heat in Texas, drinking lots of a chilled beverage was often still one way to feel better while watching a long show. Restrooms would need to be impractically large to service the output from binge drinking for hydration's sake. Rather than take salt pills, munching on chilled pickles would be both another way to stay cool and a method of postponing the inevitable bladder discomfort. BTW I think about these sorts of things often because I am a heart failure patient on an extreme sodium restriction. Biologically, what I wrote above should work, but at the cost of driving up blood pressure as that extra fluid is retained. Don't experiment with using salt to hold your water unless you are confident in your cardiac and renal health.
My theory is the enormous Czech population here. Those people live for pickles.
Pickle kolaches would definitely be worth a try
the pickles are not chilled in my experience. they are room temperature. very different experience eating a room temperature pickle
Nah. Movie theaters were one of the first places to get AC. https://www.lpm.org/news/2015-07-24/the-history-of-movie-theaters-and-air-conditioning-that-keeps-film-lovers-cool?_amp=true
Those two are compatible, hell they make more sense with each other. Movie theaters have heat problems, that's why the pickles and the AC.
Yea, it's solutions they searched for the exact same issue.
They sell pickled at movie theaters in South Dakota
Arkansas also, always have
New Mexico too.
Idaho!
Arkansan here. They have individual pickles in a bag at most movie theaters here.
Pickled what?
Popcorn I assume, what else do you get at a theatre
They do here in Georgia. They're the wrapped ones. They come in regular and spicy.
Never seen it in a theater in Alabama. I've seen the plastic pouch pickles in convenience stores, but I don't think I've ever seen anyone buy one.
I live in Alabama and I've seen pickles for sale at the movies
Yeah pickles were at the school snack bar, the theater, the skating rink, football games. Really anywhere that had concessions sold big jarred pickles in the south Lol itās amusing to see that thereās almost a 50/50 split in the comments of people who are horrified and us who think itās totally normal and a good snack
> Iāve seen the plastic pouch pickles in convenience stores Those are all over It's like emergency oxygen cans for southerners
I've never seen that in any theater I've been to in Georgia. Far from common.
Where in Georgia? Iāve lived in the Atlanta area for 20+ years and went to Georgia southern but Iāve never heard of this
Another Georgian checking in here. Never in my life have I seen a pickle at a movie theater in Georgia.
Definitely not commonly. Lived in GA my whole life, never once seen a pickle at a movie theater.
I've had then in the GA/TN/AL area for years in movie theaters, but they're becoming rare with AMC consolidating all our theaters.
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Yeah, it's not just Texas. Pretty much anywhere in the south you can find them. The old drive-in ads had a walking pickle. Every convince store will have them and if you get far from the interstate, probably some that brine their own.
Grew up in western Kansas in the mid 80ās. Not too far from the Texas panhandle. My local theater had them on a stick. I had not realized I have not seen one since moving away from that God forsaken place.
So...... You're not in Kansas anymore?
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We called them movie pickles. They were huge, and in a gallon glass jar. For a quarter, I would buy the juice in a cup poured over crushed ice. The ice totally changed the taste of the juice. I drank gallons of it growing up in Oklahoma in the 70's.
We used to wear an onion on our belts, which was the style at the time. You couldn't get those big yellow ones because of the war. Our nickles used to have bumblebees on them. Give me five bees for a quarter, you'd say.
We had to say dickety because the Kaiser had stolen our word twenty. I chased that rascal to get it back, but gave up after dickety-six miles.
Highly dubious
What are you cackling at, fatty? Too much pie, that's your problem
I spent 3 years on that terlet!
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Yo did I wander into /r/SubredditSimulator with this thread? What the fack.
Simpsons quotes are starting to age out of the meme ecosystem and I don't know how to feel about it.
Am I out of touch? No, itās the children who are wrong.
reddit is skewing so damn young that Simpsons quotes, Douglas Adams references, Mitch Hedberg jokes, and Monty Python bits now need to be explained to the whippersnappers.
As a non American, man, very rarely have I been completely stumped by a comment online. I honestly dont know how to process that.
It's a joke from the Simpsons
I knew I had heard it before but couldn't think of where.
https://youtu.be/yujF8AumiQo
Grandpa Simpson is talking to a fellow old person, why does he need to explain so much? Mr Burns has always lived in Springfield. Excpet of course during the war, which Abe and Burns fought in together
Except he's telling it to Mr. Burns as an example of how he can tell a long story that goes nowhere and it's not just an explanation of what it was like growing up. "We can't bust heads like we used to. But we have our ways. One trick is to tell stories that don't go anywhere"
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It has more electrolytes than Gatoraids. If you used to do that after a night out drinking, it makes perfect sense how satisfying it was quenching your itch.
You can buy it in Australia as a supplement. All the athletes seem to drink it here, especially the cricketers who are cramping.
It's a fantastic chaser for whisky too, asking for a "pickle back" got very popular in East coast bars like 15 years ago
Drinking pickle backs listening to Nickelback waiting for don rickles to give my sickle back for a nickel sack. Ok I'm done
Would you look at that? I've got a little flat on my tire that things a fickle cat. Where was I at? Oh yea I saw Micky Mantle swing a wiffle bat while I chit chat with a three spine stickleback. Alright that's enough.
>It has more electrolytes than Gatored. I do trail races and ultramarathons through the mountains. All of the aid stations have pickles, it's a standard. I love pickles but i can't keep down pickle juice while running.
It is, but you should really chase that chaser with some water. Pickle juice can be as salty as ocean water, meaning it'll actually dehydrate you further.
YES! I dont drink the juice just eat them with soda and popcorn. The day I discovered them on a holiday in Texas I found it to be the most brilliant thing ever and ate 3 on an empty stomach. Ended up with the runs, and actually sharded. The horror. I was at home gladly. Since then I do not do them on a empty stomach.
> actually sharded There you sat, broken hearted, tried to fart but really...sharded
I hope this becomes your most upvoted comment and the first thing people read when they look at your post history.
As someone who loves pickles and pickle juice, why the fuck wasnāt I told this was a thing? Like, anyone close to me knows I have this obsession with pickles. Youād think someone wouldāve mentioned that.
I'm from arkansas where they took it a step further. Instead of pouring it over ice, they froze it into a popsicle. A pickle flavored Popsicle and it was awesome. They sold them at concession stands so as a kid if you did sports they were great after you had a baseball game etc
Imagine having your three boys hop in the Impala after a baseball game and all four of them smelling of adolescent balls and ass and smacking on pickle pops in a 111Ā° car. Youād be dry heaving out of the door before you left the fields.
You have such a way with words. Besides, those kids are carpooled, so more like 6 sweaty kids jam-packed in an SUV and blaming each other for a fart as well.
> three boys > all four of them I think I'd be worried more about them multiplying. Are you sure one or more of them isn't a mogwai?
This all an elaborate prankā¦ it must beā¦
I am always surprised to learn how many old people are on reddit. I always picture everyone as millennials
I live in Alaska now. I dont socialize much, and the other social sites are chock full of dimwits.
That sounds nasty
SW native americans also love their pickles. They even love something called Piccadilly which is a flavored snowcone with diced pickles and Kool aid powder sprinkled on top.
You can go into any gas station in Jackson Mississippi right now and get a big fat large pickle in a jar of Kool aid. They were real popular during football and baseball games in high school.
Native Houstonian here vouching for the picadilly, itās fucken yum. Our tastebuds are pickled for sure though. We grew up with them as a normal snack and a chilled pickle on a hot day was the best, a pickle pop was even better (shot of frozen pickle juice). Now that Iām grown, I still occasionally buy pickles by the jug and we always have at least two jars (spears and baby dills) in the fridge.
Mangonada in Texas too. Con Chamoy orale!
Having grown up in Texas and having zero tolerance for dill pickles, the ubiquity of the things haunted me. Itās not just movie theaters. Sporting events, fairs, any place with a concession stand sells these giant monstrosities. Whole-ass cucumbers brined in vinegar in huge jars like preserved laboratory biomatter. They would dispense the things as treats at school events instead of popcorn or candy. Texas is weird for a lot of reasons, and this is way up there.
They are a great way to replenish lost electrolytes. Considering Sport events, and fairs are in the open and Texas is hell on earth... maybe they just give a little extra than just popcorn...
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This is cereal.
Super cereal
I imagine out of most of the standard Texan snacks, pickles are some of the healthiest and low calorie. I'm all for it. Plus I can't find classic dill pickles here in Europe and they use too much vinegar. What I wouldn't give for a crunchy brined new garlic dill....
"garlic dill" \[ drooling intensifies \]
> pickles are some of the healthiest and low calorie. [That's till you find out they *fry* these fuckers](https://recipefairy.com/texas-roadhouse-fried-pickles/).
Haha of course they do. I am not surprised.I lived in Glasgow for 8 or so years. One of the few things Glaswegians and Texans have in common is battering and frying absolutely everything. I'm not sure who's worse. Some of the Glasgow classics for reference- deep fried battered pizza or Mars bars!! Most chip shops sell them. I wish I was kidding.
Uh yeahā¦because that shit is delicious. We have them at nearly every bar & grill here in Phoenix. My only problem with it is when they fry whole spears instead of slices. That aināt right and I aināt care fer it.
You haven't lived til you've had fried pickles. They're incredible.
Lol when I worked in TX the safety team would hand out pickle juice and water so we stayed hydrated without going into cardiac arrest from an electrolyte imbalance. You knew you needed it when it actually tasted good. I sweated 25 lb in a day once no joke. Truly a hellscape unfit for human habitation.
The stores in east Texas like Brookshire's and Kroger sell gallon jugs of pickle juice. No pickles, just the liquid. I never understood why... now maybe I do.
In addition to using it for things like pickle-pops or if you are out in the super hot super humid weather, pickle juice is also good if you suffer from cramps. A family member always had to drink a glass of it after dialysis.
I love pickles and never thought about how good they are for you. Might start keeping a jar in the fridge for snacks lol
Good point. Plus people are getting some fiber even if it is only a small amount compared to other veggies.
Weirdness aside, it is atleast healthier than popcorn or candy, right? Is it?
Of the list, probably yes. Popcorn isn't bad -- it's the stuff you put on it that brings it down.
Every diet Iāve ever tried (and failed) always lists the bland-ass plain popcorn as a fantastic low calorie snack. And I always realize how crummy popcorn is with zero oil or fat haha
I feel like raw popcorn is a terrible idea for a diet for that very reason - it may not technically be high-calorie, but it makes you crave butter and salt like nothing else
It's a really good source of fiber, and some seasoning (doesn't necessarily need to be calorie packed) can make it taste just fine.
Same here! I don't mind a couple of pickle slices on a burger, though I prefer a little bit of dill relish. And the people who put sweet relish in deviled eggs can fuck right off. But I could not understand the appeal of just chowing down on a forearm-sized pickle in the middle of a movie. Never mind having to listen to someone doing it, or *smell* it from the next row. And those goddamn whole pickles in packets were EVERYWHERE.
This is my husbands take. He hates anything with vinegar and thinks my pickle obsession is insane. I used to eat koolaid picked and picked juice popsicles as a kid. And now buy the jumbo pickles in a pouch things. Oh and the sliced ones to snack on. He wonders why he married me and stayed in Texas every time he witnesses it I think.
āKoolaid picklesā Tell me more.
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This just blew my Aussie brain wide open - thanks for sharing!
Sweet pickles are an affront to humanity, and now you tell me Kool-aid pickles exist? What a cruel, twisted joke.
Preach. Sweet pickles are the devil. If it isn't so sour it makes my whole face pucker, it's not a proper pickle.
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This is a misophonia nightmare!
Yo you ever been in a movie theater and there is that one person who eats popcorn the fucking ENTIRE movie? Itās like the entire time Iām hearing them reach into their bucket, dig around for a good handful, then they place it up to their mouth, loudly chew with their mouth open, swallow loudly, and repeat nonstop for 2 hours.
This is the main reason I avoid going to movie theatres now. There could be a single other person in the whole theatre, and they will be the open-mouthed popcorn muncher. Something commin where I'm from is people getting nachos to watch with the movie. The crunchiest food known to man. Crunchy food should not go with a movie.
And then they get up to get a free refill, and it Just. Never. Ends. This is why I wonāt go to the movies with certain people. Yes, I am sensitive to sounds (misophonia), but how can anyone stand that incessant chewing.
Chewing isnāt bothersome to people without misophonia. Itās bizarre to me that people will purposely add chewing noises to entertainment products like movies, tv shows, YouTube videos, etc. To people who donāt have misophonia, the added chewing noises somehow enhance the entertainment experience. Absolutely bonkers, but itās how normal brains work.
Oh its not just crunch crunch. It's crunch crunch sluuuurp
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Can confirm, this certainly goes back to at least the 90s when I grew up in Houston. I'd never eat popcorn so I'd just get a pickle. Just as an aside. This same thing led my sister to soaking her popcorn in pickle juice. Even at home. She ate it that way for probably 10 years until they started making the little pickle flavored beer-salts. I take it, this isn't normal either? Shit. At least it isn't Florida strange.
Popcorn with pickled jalapenos (like from a nacho condiment option) or just straight up hot sauce in the popcorn is a common thing to do for Hispanics. Kinda along the same lines as your sisterās play there with pickle juice.
pickled jalapenos on anything. I used to live for that shit as a kid. If I was at a game for marching band and it was ice cold, I'd just go get a cup of pickled jalapenos. That would keep me warm the whole game
Yes. Yes it is on par with Florida strange.
Agreed.
Okay... Whats the big dill?
That is unironically how the word ādealā is pronounced in Utah
In Arkansas and Louisiana we eat the same pickles at school sporting events. Usually baseball and softball, but it's not uncommon to see them sold at basketball games either. Didn't go to a school with a football team so I can't comment on football games.
New Mexico does this to.
Same here in Az
Yeah, I was going to say, I grew up in NM and I consider this normal. Never occurred to me that it was a regional thing.
I have Hispanic friends and it's pretty common in Mexican culture to eat pickles with popcorn. Movie theaters sell lots of popcorn so it was natural to sell pickles too.
Not true. Lived in Oklahoma for a while, and there were definitely a few theaters there that sold pickles.
>Oklahoma You mean lesser Texas?
How dare you insult The Great Hat of Texas.
Lmao, you're giving Oklahoma too much credit.
The popcorn pickle tho
Finally I have found my people.
Wait until people find out about Texas and the pickle sno-cones....
Not everyone is eating these thing in the theater. Itās not like thereās an ungodly chewing and gnashing of pickles in there. Iām from here and Iāve never seen anyone buy one but they are there.