If you have a younger sibling, this is a cute book to read to them. My 2 year old likes to offer a pickle for a nickle- real and the plastic one in her toy food. If she forgets the nickle part we ask if she wants a pickle for a nickle, because it's just so fun to say. Don't you agree?
This picture I found on Amazon.com. We have an identical copy we got at a yard sale, but I didn't want to take the time to take a picture and upload it. Thank you Amazon!
Pickles- we sure like them around here. My girls- all 4 of them, and I, eat them with a paper towel wrapped around them to soak up the juices. It makes a great snack between lunch and dinner. My husband cuts them for his tuna fish sandwiches, with Miracle Whip mind you - my daughter and I prefer mayonnaise (olive oil variety these days). I find it funny that my mother and father had the same varied opinions for which to put on their sandwich.
Another thing I like about Pickles, are pickle jars- especially the huge ones! I have tried to wash them out to get the smell out in the past, because I think they would be cute for storing stuff in, but have been unsuccessful. So today I googled "how to get the smell out of a pickle jar" and found a few good ideas, but this one had a scientific hypothesis to it so I liked it best! Little things make more sense if there is a scientific reason behind it. I am constantly thinking up my own hypothesis to things with my son. He's does it a lot more than I do though. :)
I'm going to try this:
I'd add 1 tsp. of bleach and two drops liq. Dawn, then add boiling water and let sit 1 hour. Principal is that because pickles in vinegar, a mild acid, likely added to jars while hot, the glass expanded and soaked up the odor, one reason it may not be easy otherwise to just "wash" it out with this and that. If you heat (expand the glass), and add alkaline soap/bleach, it should not only neutralize the vinegar residue, but also remove the odor. Remove that the glass will be hot at first, cooler at the end of the hour, so be careful handling when hot.
I would suggest putting the bottle somewhere safe before you put in the hot water, then just leaving it be for an hour.
I don't know what I am going to put in it if it works, but I will think of something. If it is cute enough I will share a picture of it later. If you find something you can put in a pickle jar and take a picture, send it to Suzanne! She may already have something cute in a pickle jar, you never know; she knows a lot of fun stuff! If you have a good recipe let us know too!
