Sports and Pickles

Who would of known that pickles are related to sports? Well in fact it's true. Here are the few sports pickles are related to.

Pickle-in-the-middle- a three peson game, also known as monkey in the middle.
Well i have never heard of monkey-in-the-middle referred to as pickle-in-the-middle.

Pickleball- a game with similarities to tennis.
I wonder if they play this game with pickles instead of tennisballs........

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickle

Pickle

The actual definition of a pickle in the dictionary is a food preserved in a solution usually a brine or vinegar syrup.

"Pickling"

"Pickling," not a word you hear everyday. Its definition from wikipedia is the process of preserving a food by soaking and storing it in a brine. In metalworking pickling is a surface treatment with a chemical solution.

Captain Vegetable

More Fun With Pickles!! (Another Great Mental Picture)

Here's a link to a hilarious article about pickles. Some of it's true and some of it is completely made up...but I can't tell which is which. Read it!


http://halife.com/daily/archives/pickle_week.html

Deck the Halls with Boughs of Pickles

Did you know??

In Germany, pickles are actually hung as decorations on Christmas trees. Yeah, they are the last decoration to be placed on the tree, and when the children first see the tree, it's like a game to see who can find the pickle first. The first one to find the pickle gets a special victory present from St. Nick himself.

Again, I didn't make it up. This one was from http://www.msichicago.org/scrapbook/scrapbook_exhibits/CATW2002/funfacts.html

Here's a picture of the pickle on the tree. (As you can see, it's not a real pickle.)

Bouncing Pickles--you're picturing it, aren't you?

Did you know??

In the state of Connecticut, a pickle is not officially considered a pickle unless it bounces.

(I didn't make that up--I got it from www.crazylaws.com)

Veggie Wars Video

This is a picture of your classic pickle

The top five pickles

1. Dill Pickles

2. Mt. Olive Pickles

3. Sour Pickle

4. Branston Pickle

5. Freestone Deli Pickles