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Default Best Maid Pickles - Always that nasty?

On Fri, 14 May 2010 18:39:00 -0600, Arri London wrote:

> Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>> I bought one of these from a street-side sandwich "cart". It was
>> one of those $1 "giant" pickles. I think I may have had one of
>> these before, and I think I had the same reaction: Downright
>> terrible. They taste old, stale, musty. Like they've been sitting
>> in the pantry for near a decade. I have to admire the size and
>> shape, though. A perfect pickle (it's true potential is wasted,
>> though).

>
> They proably *were* sitting around for a decade :0 Or kept too warm.
>
> We buy that brand from time to time. If they are within the sell-by
> date, they're fine.


The food at this trailer sucks so bad (I had the gyro) that it
couldn't have been open very long. The original gallon jug was
still 3/4 full.

But it could have been anywhere before that.

-sw