<![CDATA[A Pickle Renaissance]]>

Move over pumpkin spice. There's a new flavor trend elbowing its way onto menus, grocery aisles, cocktail bars, snack shelves and social media feeds — pickle everything.

From dill pickle popcorn and pickle margaritas to pickle-flavored chips, ranch dressing, nuts, vodka, smoothies and even frozen treats, the briny, tangy flavor profile is now becoming a full-fledged food identity.

Once relegated to burger baskets and deli counters, pickles have evolved into a full-blown cultural obsession. National brands are rolling out pickle-inspired products at a dizzying pace, restaurants are building menu items around bold dill flavor, and social media is fueling the craze with viral reviews, taste tests and over-the-top mashups.

Pickles even have their own festivals now, with events held all over the country, including this weekend's Canton Pickle Fest.

https://www.aol.com/news/big-dill-pickle-everything-pumpkin-100722991.html

I'll just have pickles, straight up. None of the funky pickle-flavored stuff for me.

The Canton Pickle Fest was Memorial Day weekend, so you Ohioans will have to wait till next year.

]]>https://wtf.coffee-room.com/topic/3769/a-pickle-renaissanceRSS for NodeTue, 16 Jun 2026 05:49:57 GMTTue, 16 Jun 2026 00:46:23 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to A Pickle Renaissance on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 03:17:32 GMT]]>My mom-in-law used to make fermented pickles; she learned how from her mother-in-law. Sadly, I never learned. So I make fresh pickles. Haven’t done canned pickles, either.

]]>https://wtf.coffee-room.com/post/26164https://wtf.coffee-room.com/post/26164Tue, 16 Jun 2026 03:17:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A Pickle Renaissance on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 03:16:19 GMT]]>A favorite beverage of mine at a local restaurant: Dirty Grandma Agnes. Dirty martini but pickle instead of olive.

]]>https://wtf.coffee-room.com/post/26163https://wtf.coffee-room.com/post/26163Tue, 16 Jun 2026 03:16:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A Pickle Renaissance on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 02:29:08 GMT]]>UNCSA, my daughter’s grad school, is a conservatory so it has no official sports teams, but the students still came up with the Fighting Pickles as their mascot for their flag football team.

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]]>https://wtf.coffee-room.com/post/26161https://wtf.coffee-room.com/post/26161Tue, 16 Jun 2026 02:29:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A Pickle Renaissance on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 01:28:56 GMT]]>

@RealPlayer said:

Hey, why doesn’t that include alcohol??

It does in my house!

]]>https://wtf.coffee-room.com/post/26160https://wtf.coffee-room.com/post/26160Tue, 16 Jun 2026 01:28:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A Pickle Renaissance on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 01:24:46 GMT]]>May have to do with the recent passion for fermented foods, and their gastrointestinal benefits. Probably a good idea to have some in your diet.

Hey, why doesn’t that include alcohol??

]]>https://wtf.coffee-room.com/post/26159https://wtf.coffee-room.com/post/26159Tue, 16 Jun 2026 01:24:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A Pickle Renaissance on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 01:26:03 GMT]]>My friend, Nancy Ralph (was Director of the Food Museum in NYC, I don't know if she still is), was instrumental in starting a Pickle Day in NYC in 2001: NYC International Pickle Day. I haven't seen her in years.

As the picklers chopped, boiled and sampled one another's creations, Nancy Ralph, director of the Food Museum, outlined plans for Pickle Day. She sketched out the tasting and demonstration stands, which will run from Houston to Stanton Streets. Ms. Ralph hopes that in addition to spurring interest in an endangered folk art, the event will help people connect with an era when there was more time to linger over the cookpot. (NYTimes, 2001)

Found this write up from 2011 which was apparently the last year of the festival(?). http://www.nyfoodmuseum.org/_phome.htm

Link to video

eta: OMG. I just saw one of my bosses at the 5:38 mark with the white gloves on. He was very much into cooking and was also a good friend of Nancy's. I haven't seen him since the company folded.

]]>https://wtf.coffee-room.com/post/26158https://wtf.coffee-room.com/post/26158Tue, 16 Jun 2026 01:26:03 GMT