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National pickle shortage tied to extreme weather in Mexico
Fox Weather ^ | 05/03/2024 | Andrew Wulfeck

Posted on 05/05/2024 3:55:37 AM PDT by Adder

Are you a pickle connoisseur? If so, extreme weather in Mexico may be impacting the availability of the snack in the U.S.

Every year, Americans consume more than 20 billion pickles, but recently, consumers have noticed some restaurants warning of a "national pickle shortage."

The warnings from restaurants such as Firehouse Subs, local delis and others are generally bona fide, as both the U.S. Department of Agriculture and experts from North Carolina State University say that the combination of reliance on imports and extreme weather could impact supplies.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxweather.com ...


TOPICS: Agriculture
KEYWORDS: agriculture; cucumbercrop; dillpickles; food; pickles; shortage; shortages; supply; weather
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What fresh hell is this?
1 posted on 05/05/2024 3:55:37 AM PDT by Adder
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To: Adder

Pickles go on burgers. War against beef.


2 posted on 05/05/2024 4:11:21 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)
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To: Adder

I’m about to start growing cucumbers and dill here in Michigan. Last year I had a lousy cucumber crop but still managed to get over 50 quarts. Had a stellar year in 2022 and canned over 100 quarts of pickles. Far as I’m concerned my dill pickles are way better than any store bought.


3 posted on 05/05/2024 4:13:11 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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To: Adder

Just when I thought it was safe to go outside.


4 posted on 05/05/2024 4:13:51 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: Adder
Sounds like her Rottonness's fault, doesn't want another tough TV stint. No pickles, no jars.


5 posted on 05/05/2024 4:13:58 AM PDT by C210N (Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
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To: Adder
Don't worry, Aunt Bea will come through for us!


6 posted on 05/05/2024 4:18:06 AM PDT by Ciaphas Cain (America needs deliberalization like Germany needed denazification.)
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To: Adder

My garden is green and full this year thanks to the excellent weather. No shortage here.


7 posted on 05/05/2024 4:19:21 AM PDT by jdt1138 (Where ever you go, there you are.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
"Last year I had a lousy cucumber crop but still managed to get over 50 quarts."

Yikes! We get maybe three dozen pints a year, and think we're doing good.

God bless you - 50 quarts!

8 posted on 05/05/2024 4:22:55 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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What fresh hell is this?

This crop report is just filled with good news!

"National pickle shortage" proclaims that America is no longer in a pickle.

The lack of pickles is being attributed to El Niño, aka the Christ child.

"In certain growing regions, it has been too hot (100 °F), which reduces yields. In other key production regions in Mexico, it has been too cold. The crop has not suffered from freezes but temperatures that do not promote pickling cucumber growth."

And would you just look at the "pickle" map!? There's being in a pickle just on the face of it, like being stuck between a rock and a hard place.

How to get out of a situation like that? El Niño simply removes the pickles from across the Fruited Plain.

It's crunch time!

~ EZ

9 posted on 05/05/2024 4:26:49 AM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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Pickles go on burgers.

Some pickles do. Pickle slices do. Those places that bring out a burger with no pickles ON it, but rather a pickle spear on the side should be shut down under rules of the Geneva Convention.

10 posted on 05/05/2024 4:29:29 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to kill us. Plan to avoid this.)
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To: Psalm 73

I have a nice cucumber growing area, about 20’ x 4’ X 8’. Plus I put string for the vines to continue growing overhead.


11 posted on 05/05/2024 4:41:21 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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To: Adder
Is it El Niño or Climate Change?
If they can't blame Climate Change, then nobody cares.
Pickles is a foodstuff I like, but can live perfectly well without.

12 posted on 05/05/2024 5:01:48 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: Adder

Cucumbers are easy to grow and pickles are easy to make .


13 posted on 05/05/2024 5:05:04 AM PDT by OldHarbor
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Did Biden also sell off the Strategic Pickle Reserve to try to hide inflation?


14 posted on 05/05/2024 5:07:03 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Democrats' version of MAGA: Making America the Gulag Archipelago. Now with "Formal Deprogramming")
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How else to charge the ridiculous prices they will soon be.

(Think coffee, sugar, eggs, chicken...)

15 posted on 05/05/2024 5:13:22 AM PDT by jeffc (Resident of the free State of Florida)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Aunt Bee…is that you??


16 posted on 05/05/2024 5:16:15 AM PDT by Married with Children
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To: Adder

Sounds like they are in a pickle.
Yes, I read all the comments just to make sure nobody else said it.


17 posted on 05/05/2024 5:31:54 AM PDT by Jonty30 (He hunted a mammoth for me, just because I said I was hungry. He is such a good friend. )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Are you selling a portion of your pickle harvest, or perhaps including a pickle in every meal? I hear they, like other fermented foods,are good for essential gut bacteria.


18 posted on 05/05/2024 5:38:38 AM PDT by lee martell
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My favorite food is a cheeseburger, and it requires dill pickles. So I go through about a quart a month.

No I don’t sell, but I readily share. As I make the next batch of pickles I give away the last years, which are well “pickled” by now.


19 posted on 05/05/2024 6:05:49 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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To: Adder

Why does so much of our produce come from Mexico? In Southern California, all Roma tomatoes come from Mexico, as do most other varieties. Yet California has an excellent climate for growing tomatoes.

I love my good health, so I try to avoid buying produce from Mexico and try to get my tomatoes at farmers’ markets.


20 posted on 05/05/2024 6:12:52 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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