I've spent hours of my life searching groceries for rare and delectable ingredients, from fresh foie gras to mushroom soy sauce to buckwheat flour. It's fun, and sometimes frustrating, but I've never encountered a more difficult mission than I have during my recent (and ongoing) search for dill pickles.
As a kid, there was always a jar tucked in the fridge, a salty treat that I favored on sultry summer days, and which I recently began craving again. No problem, I figure, just head out to the Acme or ShopRite and all will be right in my pickle-craving world.
Wrong. Despite diligent searching, I have yet to find a store that carries dill pickles, with the sole exception of Zingo's just outside of Newport. Oh, stores have plenty of "Kosher Dills," which fail to match the herby gusto of an authentic dill. I will continue the hunt -- a foray to Super G this morning was fruitless, but I suspect the good ol' Food Lion will be there for me.
Can anyone help me out of this pickle?
2 comments:
I find them at Costco. It is a pretty large jar but by far the best dill pickles around here.
I buy the Heinz genuine dill pickles on the internet from a company called Hometown Favorites (hometownfavorites.com.) They are located in Virginia. A large jar (46 oz.) costs $4.59 each plus shipping and handling. They sell all kinds of items that you used to be able to buy and can't find anymore in the stores around here.
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