Pickle juice?

[spazzdog]

Oh that stuff was awwww-ful! Yep, tried it. BLech!

[Technotart]

OH!!!!! This reminds me....

If you have the chance, try pouring a couple of tablespoons of jalepeno juice over a backed potato and mashing it in with a fork - it doesn't make it spicy just adds a really nice flavor - its especially great when you mash it into the potato innards and bake em again like in twice baked potatos

[nuthatch]

Hey, now, I hadn't thought of that! Hmm... would that get me out of the kitchen? I'll take off and leave the family with a case of flavored sodas!!

[Big Pickle]

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[Geonz]

Hmmm... when I did a double metric with a fellow, he brought a jar that had had pickles in it (to me it's not pickle juice unless you squeezed it out of pickles). It hit the spot after the ride, but perhaps in a "strange ritual to do after major insanity" sort of way. I do like vinegar, though

[texas_emily]

Though I've yet to ride it, I've heard that they serve pickles/pickle juice at the Hotter than Hell Hundred (August, Witchita Falls, TX). It's definitely the salt...though I don't think I could stomach pickle-anything on a long, hot ride like that.

[Righteousbabe]

I did a ride in Georgetown (near Austin) this last Spring, and they had pickles and pickle juice at one of the reststops...and riders were actually partaking! I thought it was bizarre because I never saw that at a ride before. I just don't think that the acidity of pickle juice would sit well in my stomach on a long ride.

[Bustertb]

I was telling a woman I work with about getting leg cramps during a ride. Her suggestion was to drink pickle juice! There must be something to it, but I'd rather not try.

Magnesium supplements might be good for that. Of course the potassium is what your body is lacking, the magnesium helps with the muscles and nerves. I have a central nervous system disease and started taking magnesium for the cramps and restless leg syndrome.

[emily_in_nc]

I did a ride in Georgetown (near Austin) this last Spring, and they had pickles and pickle juice at one of the reststops...and riders were actually partaking! I thought it was bizarre because I never saw that at a ride before. I just don't think that the acidity of pickle juice would sit well in my stomach on a long ride.

I've never done it, but the Great Peanut Tour in Eastern Virginia every September offers watermelon pickles at one of the rest stops (along with other traditional southern fare). I grew up on dee-li-shus watermelon pickles my dad made most summers; they're as sweet as sugar and mind-numbingly good. I would definitely partake at a rest stop. All that sugar would taste great and the carbs would be most beneficial on a ride!

Now, dill pickles would be a completely different thing....

Emily in NC