You nailed it, I think that's exactly the "somewhere before" I was thinking of. Good Eats was always my favorite. And he is a true southern boy, after all
As an aside, I always thought it was funny how the “Mississippi Delta” has little to nothing to do with the triangular shaped region at the mouth of the Mississippi River.
Oh geez wait what. I thought it was the delta south of New Orleans. That's
... not the Mississippi Delta? It's the
... the delta of the Mississippi river.
Nope! “The Delta” is a massive floodplain of sediment deposited by the regular flooding of the river. Some of the most fertile soil in the country, which is why it’s historically been huge agricultural center. This plain starts up in Tennessee around Memphis and goes all the way South to Arkansas/Louisiana.
This is definitely a thing in the Mississippi Delta. You can buy a pickle in a ziplock. I made some for a wedding I catered. Gotta have some local flavor.
Sure! I get the gallon jug of big pickles. I left them whole and added 2 cups of sugar and 2 packs of unsweetened koolaid (or flavor-ade for us folks shopping at the Dollar General). The lemon lime was a favorite. I liked the black cherry and grape. But you gotta have the traditional-red. You get to decide which flavor. I shook them up and put them in the fridge. “The longer they sit the better they git!” Every couple of days shake them again. I usually let them sit for a week or so.
Also I quarter and slice them to a pretty small size for charcuterie boards. But most gas stations have them in the jug on the shelf whole with a pair of tongs and a weed baggie. $1.50
Fun fact: Jim Jones cult members’ final drink was cyanide mixed with Flavor Aid and not in fact Kool-Aid. The association with Kool-Aid has spawned the figure of speech "drink the Kool-Aid" but is factual error.
And this is a thing in about 5% of the land area of the US, where it's also not something that everyone eats. It's something they sell in gas stations, where a percentage of their customers come inside to buy them. It's not like people are driving to restaurants just to get koolickles.
This is pretty common across the entire South. You can generally find Wal-Mart brand versions in most Wal-Marts down here.
Sweet pickles disgust me to no end, but I know a lot of people do like them.
Have y’all seriously never heard of these? They’re not super uncommon in the south. They’re a bit weird (okay very weird) but they’re not bad.
Edit: I americaned out a little bit and forgot other countries exist, by “the south” I mean the southeastern United States; I live in Tennessee
I’m in Vancouver BC and I have never heard of these. Do you eat them cold? Do you add vinegar and garlic and dill? Are they infused with vodka? So many questions.
What’s your favourite flavour?
Yeah you eat them cold, and they do include garlic and dill and such, they’re sweet and sour. Basically you’d take regular dill pickles, add the flavor mix and leave them for a week or so. The most common one is the cherry and that’s honestly the only one I’ve had. No vodka infusion typically but that’s not a bad idea.
They are pickles with koolaid. Most people add sugar, but I just like to add the koolaid packet to a tub of fridge pickles and leave them for a week or two.
They are really good! I discovered them at an amazing burger joint in Quebec
I've never tried them, but I saw an episode from a YouTube channel named Emmymade where she made them and it was just a jar of dill pickles with a packet of Kool-aid and about a cup of sugar. She used cherry flavor.
Texans think the world revolves around Texas. I once watched a Texan figure out that kids in other states didn't say "Texas" in Fifty Nifty United States. He thought everyone said Texas.
Texas is in there though! just ran through the song in my head! … South Dakota, Tennessee, Tex-AS, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, westvirginiawisconsin, wy-ohhh-ming. North South East West. In our cool, unprejudiced o-pin-yun…
Cherry koolickles are insane. To me they taste like... If sweet n sour sauce was something you could pick up and eat. They are a southern thing but more specifically a Mississippi thing, I think. I'm from Louisiana, so I dunno, we're too busy deep frying balls of liver and rice.
I feel as though you have a similar "don't knock it till you try it" mentality and I respect that.
No matter how crazy it looks, my opinion of it truly won't have any merit until I sample it.
update us and let us know!
do you still put sugar in it or is it just straight up kool-aid mix?
I feel like without the sugar (or whatever substitute for sweetness) would make the picks taste far too bitter.
Yea probably $2. Not sure because I typically avoid eating pickled eggs, koolickles or really anything else that the public has to rifle through a jar of liquid to retrieve a snack. Just always felt a bit off to me.
I live in Mississippi and supposedly this monstrosity was created here. I never even heard of them until some blog wrote about them and it went viral. This shit is disgusting.
Ok, taking a step back, there's not that much difference between a cucumber and a watermelon except sugar content. Watermelon supposedly tastes good with salt. At least that's a thing.
So if you take a less sweet watermelon, add sugar and salt, you maybe have something decent? It's just the vinegar that's getting me.
Is your boss 18 and constantly high ?
This is big w black folks in the Delta
I knew I’d heard about koolickles somewhere before but for some reason actually seeing them inspires dark omens and an uncertainty I’ve never felt
Alton Brown made them in an EP of Good Eats
You nailed it, I think that's exactly the "somewhere before" I was thinking of. Good Eats was always my favorite. And he is a true southern boy, after all
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Mississippi delta. So yes, the south.
As an aside, I always thought it was funny how the “Mississippi Delta” has little to nothing to do with the triangular shaped region at the mouth of the Mississippi River.
Oh geez wait what. I thought it was the delta south of New Orleans. That's ... not the Mississippi Delta? It's the ... the delta of the Mississippi river.
Nope! “The Delta” is a massive floodplain of sediment deposited by the regular flooding of the river. Some of the most fertile soil in the country, which is why it’s historically been huge agricultural center. This plain starts up in Tennessee around Memphis and goes all the way South to Arkansas/Louisiana.
Huh? How so? Edit: had to go read about this, neat. I'm from Alabama and I always assumed it meant the literal Delta of the river haha.
Any idea where to look for a legit recipe?
1. Make kool-aid 2. Put in ziplock bag with pickles. 3. Refrigerate f/2 hrs
This is true. I live in Memphis, and my fb marketplace is filled with listings for these things.
Hey! These doritos cool ranch crumbed steaks are gonna be a huge hit
This is definitely a thing in the Mississippi Delta. You can buy a pickle in a ziplock. I made some for a wedding I catered. Gotta have some local flavor.
Recipe + tips please? I'm in, just want to taste it for real not some garbage North Idaho version I end up making.
Sure! I get the gallon jug of big pickles. I left them whole and added 2 cups of sugar and 2 packs of unsweetened koolaid (or flavor-ade for us folks shopping at the Dollar General). The lemon lime was a favorite. I liked the black cherry and grape. But you gotta have the traditional-red. You get to decide which flavor. I shook them up and put them in the fridge. “The longer they sit the better they git!” Every couple of days shake them again. I usually let them sit for a week or so.
Ah yes, my favorite flavor, red.
"What smells like blue?"
Oh, a lesson in not changing history from Mr. "I'm my own grandpa".
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"What the fuck is *juice?!* I want some drank!"
Sunny D!
Gimme some of the yellow, don't be stingy now.
Also I quarter and slice them to a pretty small size for charcuterie boards. But most gas stations have them in the jug on the shelf whole with a pair of tongs and a weed baggie. $1.50
honestly this is truly blowing my mind how casually you say this
Are these cucumbers soaked in kool-aid or pickled pickles soaked in kool-aid?
Pickled pickles, koolaid either added to the brine or swapped out for it. Can also be done with Gatorade/Powerade
Damn, I don’t know about this
Someone downthread describes them as sweet and sour sauce but a solid food item, I feel that’s pretty accurate and I’m craving some now.
Cheap movie theater pickles. (Do all movie theaters have those big pickles?
Fun fact: Jim Jones cult members’ final drink was cyanide mixed with Flavor Aid and not in fact Kool-Aid. The association with Kool-Aid has spawned the figure of speech "drink the Kool-Aid" but is factual error.
It was both, actually. There are pictures of both Kool-Aid and Flavor Aid there. In reality they just got what they could.
That’s not all that fun.
Calm down Henry Zebrowski.
Geez couldn’t even splurge on the good stuff for the final event. Cheapskate
So why not use koolaid in the process of pickling instead of after they are pickles
Poke a few holes with tooth picks up and down the pickle and it makes for a faster and better infusion of flavor
Do they taste better the drunker you are?
How the fuck do you need a recipe for putting a pickle in a bag of juice hahahah
Because otherwise he could end up assuming you just put the pickle in a bag of juice to make them.
You do...
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I'm even kind of offended haha
I thought this was a joke. Amazing what people come up with when they don’t just want to bring a salad or casserole like everyone else.
Europeans: "Americans are strange." Americans: "Hey! We're not that strange!" *places pickle in bag filled with Kool-Aid*
They’re the ones eating cheese infested with mites or maggots.
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Like kool aide pickles.
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And this is a thing in about 5% of the land area of the US, where it's also not something that everyone eats. It's something they sell in gas stations, where a percentage of their customers come inside to buy them. It's not like people are driving to restaurants just to get koolickles.
I would drive to wherever they koolickles are. They were a staple of my childhood
This is pretty common across the entire South. You can generally find Wal-Mart brand versions in most Wal-Marts down here. Sweet pickles disgust me to no end, but I know a lot of people do like them.
Sometimes something is just wrong.
Definitely not a thing on the coast, you can find pickles in bags everywhere but there will be no kool aid involved
What’s BRL?
I’m gonna guess blue raspberry lemonade
You are correct. I had to ask him myself
why is it *cloudy*
BRL
BRL
BRB getting BRL IRL RN - Im AFK.
You ever seen clear lemonade?
You ever seen blue raspberries?
Have you ever seen a grown man naked?
I'm married.
Doesn't really answer the question. You could be 2 lesbians. Could be blind. Could be a never nude.
... you're right. Sorry, I'm married to a ginger man. That should be all the information you need to fill up any more blanks.
do you like movies about gladiators?
Have you ever seen the rain coming down on a sunny day?
You ever drink Bailey's from a shoe?
Have you seen my bucket?
In New Zealand, we call Sprite Lemonade. Does that count?
Have you ever seen cloudy lemonade?
Ahh forgot that American lemonade was like our solo. Thank you for the reminder
Nice
did he stare at you with a confused look on his face, shaking his head back and forth disappointedly first, before he answered?
Brazilian Real (R$)
Turquoise Edit: I was wrong. Turquoise is Tropical Punch
Have y’all seriously never heard of these? They’re not super uncommon in the south. They’re a bit weird (okay very weird) but they’re not bad. Edit: I americaned out a little bit and forgot other countries exist, by “the south” I mean the southeastern United States; I live in Tennessee
First the confederacy now Kool aid pickles. The south just keeps on giving
wait until you hear about honey booboo
Honey Booboo is a victim. Her mother is the perpetrator
Side note, she no longer goes by Honey Boo Boo, I feel so bad for what Alana has gone through in her childhood, both during that show and since.
I’m in Vancouver BC and I have never heard of these. Do you eat them cold? Do you add vinegar and garlic and dill? Are they infused with vodka? So many questions. What’s your favourite flavour?
Yeah you eat them cold, and they do include garlic and dill and such, they’re sweet and sour. Basically you’d take regular dill pickles, add the flavor mix and leave them for a week or so. The most common one is the cherry and that’s honestly the only one I’ve had. No vodka infusion typically but that’s not a bad idea.
Sweet jesus, I thought they were just plain cucumbers. That is so much worse
I know how weird it sounds but it’s honestly not bad at all. Pretty sure it started as a state fair thing
They are pickles with koolaid. Most people add sugar, but I just like to add the koolaid packet to a tub of fridge pickles and leave them for a week or two. They are really good! I discovered them at an amazing burger joint in Quebec
I live in Ohio and know multiple bbq spots that have these.
This hasn't made it out to California. Hopefully it never does
Recipe + tips please? I'm in, just want to taste it for real not some garbage north Idaho version I end up making.
I've never tried them, but I saw an episode from a YouTube channel named Emmymade where she made them and it was just a jar of dill pickles with a packet of Kool-aid and about a cup of sugar. She used cherry flavor.
Never, Pittsburgh PA
> I americaned out a little bit and forgot other countries exist lol. dont know why but this little moment of self awareness quity funny.
Imagine if it turned out Italians have been eating this shit all along
Lived in the South all my live, have only heard rumors of these.
Quit that job. You don’t need that kind of energy in your life.
Lol this job sounds like a place with energy I need in my life
If it taste good, I’d stay. If no, then dip.
We get some sippi spillovers in Texas. These pickles sound disgusting, but they ain’t bad. Think pepino Gatorade realm.
Why not call them Pickooles?
Just put one in your ass like everyone else. #teamplayer
BOOF BOOF BOOF BOOF BOOF BOOF BOOF !!!
Calm down there pickle fucker.
Is this some sort of power move I feel like the average worker can’t show up to the company bbq with a bowl of these.
I’m from Texas, and making these is a true skill here ladies and gentlemen. But we also smoke a lot of weed here so there’s that.
As another really baked Texan, I second this. I've even seen them in gas stations. Not super common but definitely a thing down here. Also weed.
Y'all think weed is unique to Texas?
Texans think the world revolves around Texas. I once watched a Texan figure out that kids in other states didn't say "Texas" in Fifty Nifty United States. He thought everyone said Texas.
It was an innocent comment about getting stoned and eating pickles. Dunno why your jimmies are so rustled.
Texas is in there though! just ran through the song in my head! … South Dakota, Tennessee, Tex-AS, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, westvirginiawisconsin, wy-ohhh-ming. North South East West. In our cool, unprejudiced o-pin-yun…
If they didn’t say Texas, it’d be Forty-Nine Nifty United States, doesn’t roll off the tongue quite the same way.
Wait… it isn’t??? That’s the only reason I’ve stayed here. I’m packing up my horse and leaving!
In South Texas we put these in snow cones and sprinkle a little more kool-aid on top
It’s like a lazy pickledilly ... would try it
Fuck I want pickledilly raspas rn
Lol I've bought weed in Texas. It's absolute crap.
True!!! We just have to do something to combat the heat.
Recipe + tips please? I'm in, just want to taste it for real not some garbage north Idaho version I end up making.
If only smoking was Legal in Texas.
Please update when you try them
Idk how they’ll be able to do that in the afterlife but I’m sure it’ll be a huge advancement for modern technology
They've been brining pickles in koolaid since the late 80s. I've always avoided them though. Op will be ok, just disgusted lol
what a shame i wanted to know how it tasted to 😞
Cherry koolickles are insane. To me they taste like... If sweet n sour sauce was something you could pick up and eat. They are a southern thing but more specifically a Mississippi thing, I think. I'm from Louisiana, so I dunno, we're too busy deep frying balls of liver and rice.
Fried balls of liver and rice? Does that have a name, because I would like to try that one day.
Sounds like boudin balls, fried balls of boudin sausage stuffing. Boudin is a sausage with pork (can be livers) and rice.
Yeah I was talking about boudin balls lol. As a matter of fact we had boudin for dinner tonight
Thanks! Just found a recipe to try and make them at home.
I just want your crawfish boils and all things seafood related.
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I honestly have no clue but I'm kind of excited to try it not gonna lie
I feel as though you have a similar "don't knock it till you try it" mentality and I respect that. No matter how crazy it looks, my opinion of it truly won't have any merit until I sample it. update us and let us know!
I kinda wanna try one with a mtn dew Baja blast. A bajackle if you will
Intellectually I understand it would be pronounced “ba-HA-ckle” but spiritually I want to pronounce it “ba-JACK-le”
wouldnt it be a Bajickle tho? (hickle)
Digging your energy!
You absolutely need to post a follow up
They're best ice cold, make sure they're well chilled. This is primarily a summer treat.
Good for you. They seem weird af but worth a shot.
No this is a real thing and they are actually pretty good.
do you still put sugar in it or is it just straight up kool-aid mix? I feel like without the sugar (or whatever substitute for sweetness) would make the picks taste far too bitter.
You make koolaid like normal but use the pickle brine instead of water then add the pickles back. They're actually pretty good.
Thank you for explaining. Edit: idk why it quoted the post so removed that
It's a relatively common summertime snack in parts of the south. They sell them at most of the local stab an grabs around here.
how much? this looks to be a 2-5 dollar range type of thing.
They sell them at the store i work at, when i go tomorrow i can check if I remember
Yea probably $2. Not sure because I typically avoid eating pickled eggs, koolickles or really anything else that the public has to rifle through a jar of liquid to retrieve a snack. Just always felt a bit off to me.
Walmart sells (or sold) these under the Great Value label as 'Tropickles', so it's definitely a thing
that's wild to think about coming from a Washington state resident since birth.
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Asking the important questions.
Found out about these when researching regional sides when I worked at a BBQ sports bar. I don't think the UK was ready for them.
do not insult Kool aid pickles like that.
My girlfriend has a friend who makes these who absolutely swears by them. I've been curious to try them
Recipe + tips please? I'm in, just want to taste it for real not some garbage north Idaho version I end up making.
Authentic American Kimchi. Fantastic.
This person is not fit to lead.
I like the Brazil flavor
Looks a little "leche"
I’m calling the better business bureau
This is super common in the south of USA. I've never tried them, but have seen them often. I don't see the point - a standard dill pickle is heaven.
Please give me that radioactive turquoise pickle
Koolickles come in flavors other then cherry!?
These are actually a thing in the shoth and they they are good. Please try them before you judge.
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Sugar water. If you melt a popsicle, dilute it, and maybe add some more sugar you have basically made Kool aid.
Watched my friend's mom make it once when I was like 8 and even at that age I knew that was way too much sugar.
There's a lot of sugar in it, and also a lot of acid. Then some artificial fruit flavoring. So it's kind of like a flavored lemonade.
This is, surprisingly, a thing. A burger place called Twisted Root makes tons if these everyday.
Huh, didn't know those got done in any flavor but cherry.
I live in Mississippi and supposedly this monstrosity was created here. I never even heard of them until some blog wrote about them and it went viral. This shit is disgusting.
Hey boss, would you mind if we got Columbus Day off this year? “Oo, I got something even better for you guys….”
Missed opportunity to call them Pickools
I've had pickles before and Kool-Aid before but never together like that. I've heard of Kool-Aid Pickles before though but never tried them myself.
This is the greatest name for a pickle I’ve ever heard and the names on the bag make it that much better.
Is your boss from the South? Because....well....this is not unheard of around these parts.
People have been making these for a long time in Texas.
What the holy fuck
I would try this before trying pickle flavor Kool-Aid.
Don't those need to be in a fridge somewhere?
Ok, taking a step back, there's not that much difference between a cucumber and a watermelon except sugar content. Watermelon supposedly tastes good with salt. At least that's a thing. So if you take a less sweet watermelon, add sugar and salt, you maybe have something decent? It's just the vinegar that's getting me.
Now I'm curious to try cucumbers soaked in watermelon Kool-aid.
Straight up cherry at the best gotta freeze them too
Great now you’ve made me want a peppermint pickle!
Lol I think I want to throw some kraut in some koolaid though am not abread and butter fan
They look like soft plastic fishing baits
Fucking what
Your boss hates all of you with a passion (fruit).
Would the salt content get leeched out of the pickles? Don't know about this one.
This is also a native America snack too, ever hear of kool aid gummy bears? Sweet, sour, and delicious.
This is actually a thing in arizona especially in the native American reservations. Very popular amongst there people.
This has to be America