The Cuisine Regime--For People Who Are Good At Eating Well: On Dill Pickles and Their Ilk

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

On Dill Pickles and Their Ilk

Pickles, in case you didn't know, come from cucumbers. Cucumbers that are pickled. Like all food, there are good pickles and bad pickles.

Here are the things you want to look for in a dill pickle:

1. Dillness--sometimes pickle companies try to make them slightly sweet--this is a no go. You have to be adamant about the dill factor. It should taste tangy and refreshing. If it is not refreshing, the pickles are too old.

2. Crispness. Pickles must be crisp--whether they are little, spears, large or sliced, crispness is essential to the Pickle Experience.

Recommended brands:

* Claussen
* Milwaukee's Dill Pickles

Enjoy! And only eat the best...

1 comment:

M. ParrotSeptember 16, 2009 at 11:03 PM
Mmmm...Claussen hearty garlic pickles are the way to go. They have the nice taste of a pickle with a hint of garlic. It is the best type of pickle currently available on the market.
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The History of the Cuisine Regime

Once upon a time there was a lone journalist freezing to death in the Siberia-like climes of the Midwest. Life was cold, life was tough, life was hard. So the journalist moved south. There the journalist, Plunket, ran into a political consultant who loved to cook--Bella Cucina.

Unbeknownst to the neighboring suburbanites dwelling in their peaceful monochromatic houses a revolution had been unleashed! Not a political one, not an economic one, not quite a cultural one but one rather of good taste--fine food, drink and camaraderie.

Plunket and Bella Cucina wanted to enjoy food based on their respective European travels, their roots and really anything in between that had any merit whatsoever. So they started the Cuisine Regime. (It was also a good distraction while BC waited for her fiancee to return from a hush-hush operation abroad. And while Plunket got all the gum unstuck from her hair using JIF peanut butter, crunchy not smooth.)

The CR, as you know, has 7 Cornerstones. But, more than that, it is a way of life based on the 5 senses. Aristotle once said 2 things (well, he actually said a lot of things but we don't really need to go into that here, it could take forever):

1) Virtue is found in the mean between two extremes.
2) Ugly people cannot be happy.

In re to #1, what old Aristotle meant was too much of anything isn't any good and we must have balance. The CR heartily embraces this. Too much salt can make a dish unpalatable, too little--dull as dishwater (never used that phrase before but never really had to either.) Too much wine, you say stupid things, too little--you say nothing. Too much hairspray, you look like you got your finger stuck in an outlet during the 80's, too little--you don't look like you got your finger stuck in an outlet during the 80's. You get the point. And we will try and follow this rule of virtue-as-a-mean as religiously as possible--except when we go off the deep end and break it on occasion.

In re to #2--that's a gross simplification of what he said but it's pretty funny and very elitist and thus completely appropriate on this great, elitist food blog.

The 7 Cornerstones of Eating Well

The Cuisine Regime Rules And Cornerstones

1. Enjoy your food--always possible if it's good.

2. Know your food--you don't have to be all formal and Emily Postish, but a decent knowledge is advisable.

3. Eat slowly--pretend you are molasses, the month is January and you're in the Arctic.

4. Eat with others--friends, family, the stray alley cat.

5. Eat without gadgets--no TV, texting, or emailing, or gnu hunting.

6. Have a glass of wine with dinner--never more than two or your taste buds will get drowned out and you won't even remember how good the meal was anyways.

7. Enjoy your food--using the 5 senses. A sign of enjoyment in Myanmar is throwing food across the table at your host's forehead. If you are at a restaurant a waiter will do.

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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

On Dill Pickles and Their Ilk

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