I said I would eat one of those pickles from the bucket o’ pickles at the video store. I probably wouldn’t have followed through but the pickle fairy left one under the pickle tree this week and I felt obligated to try it.

There are several varieties in the Van Holten brand and I received Sour Sis, “One Puckered Pickle.”

Sour Sis didn’t taste too bad. She was kind of like a pepperoncini and she probably would have been much better if she were thin sliced onto a veggie sub sandwich.

Even though it wasn’t a bad overall experience, I probably wouldn’t go so far as recommending these pickles to anyone but the curious or brave. I also have strong suspicions that the pickle market is largely dependent on people who lose bets or buy gag gifts for their friends who draw comics about pickles.

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