In the midst of Int'l Pickle Week

Well, this is the Mrs. Lil Green Pickle. Since it IS the middle of International Pickle Week, I have to post what I had merely emailed, so it stays in the blog of all that's pickly...

A la carte: All in a pickle over frozen sour pops

By Aleta Watson
Mercury News
Article Launched: 05/14/2008 01:33:45 AM PDT

Did you know that International Pickle Week starts Friday?
Of course, there are weeks devoted to just about anything you can imagine, but this one is the perfect excuse to write about one of the oddest food items ever to arrive in the Food and Wine department's mailboxes. We're talking Bob's Pickle Pops, ice pops made with - believe it or not - sour pickle juice.
Thank the Internet for making these chilly, mouth-puckering treats a national curiosity. Created at a South Texas roller skating rink last year, they've spread across the Lone Star State, and are now available to pickle fanatics everywhere through www.bobspicklepops.com.
John Howard began making the pops by freezing leftover juice from pickles he sold at his rink and arcade in Seguin, Texas. They proved so popular that he began squeezing whole dills in a hydraulic press to make more juice. Then he got out of the skating business altogether to sell his pickle-sicles full time.
Now, I like pickles well enough. I always eat the dill spear that comes with sandwiches in the company cafeteria. But pure dill pickle juice is more vinegar and spice than I can handle. I couldn't find any takers, either, until I wandered into the newspaper's library the other day. There I ran into a true pickle addict who happily took the pops off my hands. I last saw her slurping away on a pale green stick of ice.
It just goes to show, one person's culinary oddity is another's cherished treat.

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And from the listed website, I found other links:
http://www.duncanwells.ca/pickle.htm (pickle song)

Spring update

It's been a busy spring, and the size of The Unposted has grown unmanageably. Here's the stuff I can think of off the top of my head:

Solvang Century
Leo and I rode the 50 miler in Solvang. It was a beautiful day, and we had a great time. Leo got kind of bonky at about 35 miles, but with some rest and gel products, he found his mojo and pulled it off. Time was about 5 1/2 hours.

Tour of the Unknown Coast
Leo and I signed up for the 100K and Julia and Simon for the 20M. Due to a road collapse on the Avenue of the Giants, both the 100K and 50M rides were shortened to 48M, and the 100M ride went on the freeway around the washout.

The weather was fan-tastic. It was clear and pleasant until about 5pm, when the icy fog started to come in. 100M riders said the wind was not too bad at the coast. I really was sorry I didn't do the whole thing.

It turned out later that Leo was coming down with a cold, and he felt bad on the ride from the start. We ended up doing about 10 miles, then turning around. Since we got back early, I joined Julia and Simon on their ride, which retraced the path, then turns right and goes up a canyon. It was all pretty nice.

I finally remembered to check my raffle tickets, and I won a huge can of Heed energy drink. It tastes bad, even when its free.

Sequoia Upcoming
The Sequoia century is in a few weeks. I don't think we're signed up, and at this point, I think its not going to happen. I know Rune is signed up for it. Next year, I'll get back to it...

Shasta again?
The Patmore-Zarcone family has planned to ride in the Shasta century again this year. Probably not more than the 100K. Anyone else want to come along? We had a great time visiting that great cabin in the woods.

David