Apparantly "
Pickles Take to Freezing With Relish!" Thanks, Washington Post! A roller rink operator in Texas realized there is a closet group of pickle brine drinkers out there. His daughter even ate pickle brine ice cubes at camp and started selling them at the rink. It was such a hit that he ran out of the juice and went straight to the nectar, pressing the pickle itself and freezing the juice. What was a roller rink snack has become his life. He now sells approximately 20,000
Pickle Sickles a month across the country! They look like the little flavored ice pops in tubes that kids suck right out of the plastic. I'd venture to say they taste a bit different, however.
The demographic for frozen pickle juice is quite limited--it's adolescents, people over 50, and pregnant women. I don't fall into any of those categories, yet after reading the article I've got an intense craving...a deep desire for frozen pickle juice. And I'm inspired to use the brine now in so many ways.
As a substitute for Gatorade during softball games!
In a dirty martini! Bloody Mary's!
The article also suggests using pickle juice in salads, gazpacho, barbecue sauce, and of course to pickle more cut up vegetables.
