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For Thanksgiving, I volunteered to bring some appetizers and wine. Scrolling through Pinterest is a good way to get ideas and find recipes because I don't want to just bring any old ranch dip, even though it's a classic and nearly everyone likes it.
What I noticed is there appears to be a new trend, not just in dips, although it's there, too. Pickles are having a moment. All of these photos are from the internet.
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| cheese bread with pickles |
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| dill pickle dip |
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| pickle pasta salad |
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| pickle pizza |
The cheesy bread and the pizza are particularly offensive to me.
I do not like pickles, and I don't think I ever have. I don't like the taste of dill, either. I don't like cucumbers. When I was pregnant, I could smell cucumbers from far away. In the office, someone would have cucumbers on their salad or as a crunchy snack, and the smell made me low-key nauseous. The aversion isn't quite as strong anymore, but I still don't like the smell of cucumbers or pickles. If one of those items touches my food, I consider the food contaminated. (hahahaha...no, really)
Needless to say, I will NOT be bringing a pickle-related appetizer to the Thanksgiving feast. I think I've settled on a mini meat and cheese board and a spicy pepper jelly over cream cheese. I'll also bring a few bottles of wine and a pecan pie from Trader Joe's. I love pecan pie, although no one else in my house does. I know there are other people on MT's side of the family who will enjoy the pecan pie with me, and then I don't have a whole pie here at home. That's dangerous for me because I will eat the whole pie.
Here's to a pickle-free holiday!
1 comment:
Totally agree about pickles and cucumbers. Although, I sometimes enjoyed sweet pickle relish in a hamburger and/or potato salad (memories of Dixon)
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