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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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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Is there a particular recipe you use? I’m a fan of Grillos pickles but they’re so darned expensive. Seems like DIY might be worth trying.

https://www.grillospickles.com


21 posted on 05/05/2024 6:19:03 AM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Adder

What I want to know is what is causing the shortage on peanuts? I dont mean jumbo peanuts, you can get them anywhere but Valencia peanuts cant be had anywhere.


22 posted on 05/05/2024 6:28:20 AM PDT by weezel
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To: Fiji Hill

“Yet California has an excellent climate for growing tomatoes.”

Yes it does, and they do grow them. Just not that much in southern California. You’re just looking ion the wrong place.

13 million tones of tomatoes are grown in the central valley every year; it is a business worth about $1.5 billion annually! California produces between 90-95% of the processing tomatoes used in the United States and 1/3 of the world’s processed tomato products. During the summer a steady stream of trucks transport tomatoes north on Interstate ‘5’, from areas like Yolo county, to plants close to Modesto, Lodi, Stockton and Sacramento in Northern California. Every day ½ million tons of tomatoes are processed in these northern Central Valley’s plants, producing goods such as canned tomatoes, pizza sauce, ketchup and salsa. And there is an abundance of tomatoes in the supermarkets for your eating pleasure.

wy69


23 posted on 05/05/2024 6:36:45 AM PDT by whitney69 (yption tunnels)
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To: Fiji Hill

“Yet California has an excellent climate for growing tomatoes.”

Yes it does, and they do grow them. Just not that much in southern California. You’re just looking ion the wrong place.

13 million tones of tomatoes are grown in the central valley every year; it is a business worth about $1.5 billion annually! California produces between 90-95% of the processing tomatoes used in the United States and 1/3 of the world’s processed tomato products. During the summer a steady stream of trucks transport tomatoes north on Interstate ‘5’, from areas like Yolo county, to plants close to Modesto, Lodi, Stockton and Sacramento in Northern California. Every day ½ million tons of tomatoes are processed in these northern Central Valley’s plants, producing goods such as canned tomatoes, pizza sauce, ketchup and salsa. And there is an abundance of tomatoes in the supermarkets for your eating pleasure.

wy69


24 posted on 05/05/2024 6:36:46 AM PDT by whitney69 (yption tunnels)
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To: Adder

Someone on another thread called Mick Jagger a pickle smoocher. Maybe he’s responsible.


25 posted on 05/05/2024 6:38:34 AM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

“ had a lousy cucumber crop but still managed to get over 50 quarts”
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Props! Do you ferment your pickles or use vinegar? Just wondering.


26 posted on 05/05/2024 6:42:29 AM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: Ge0ffrey

Gotta grow them cukes some where.


27 posted on 05/05/2024 6:43:02 AM PDT by deport
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To: Adder
But of course the culprit is climate change.

Therefore give up freedom and prosperity forever and let a cabal of mass murderers regulate f**king everything.

Or no pickles for you. Well at least not Mexican pickles.

Right?

28 posted on 05/05/2024 6:43:06 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Adder

“Weather”? Hun?

We all know it’s due to the climate changing. Fox News is slipping…at least in the excerpt.


29 posted on 05/05/2024 6:49:57 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: Married with Children
Aunt Bee…is that you??

Those pickles are being eaten from Oregon to Nova Scotia!

30 posted on 05/05/2024 6:51:09 AM PDT by Ciaphas Cain (America needs deliberalization like Germany needed denazification.)
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To: Adder

If your pickle suffers from a shortage, well, that’s not a good thing.


31 posted on 05/05/2024 6:57:11 AM PDT by glennaro (2024: The Year of The Reckoning, lest our Republic succumb to the "progressive" disease of the Left)
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To: House Atreides

99% vinegar. However I do ferment some as my cuz prefers. And I use fermentation then switch out the liquid with vodka, for vodka dill pickles.


32 posted on 05/05/2024 7:03:30 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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To: Yardstick

Grillos Pickles are usually sold in a small plastic bucket.
The lid on that plastic bucket was so difficult for me to pry off, I just never bought that brand again. I had to use a flathead screwdriver to open the container. They should consider a simpler lid that looks the same, but screws on tight. Packaging design problem.


33 posted on 05/05/2024 7:21:59 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: lee martell

I grew the small pickling cukes...I though they’d never stop giving. Love cukes with sour cream and onions.


34 posted on 05/05/2024 7:39:48 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: whitney69

The San Joaquin Valley is within easy driving distance from here, but I see very few, if any, tomatoes from there in the supermarket. I read the labels as to where they are from, and even high-end markets like Whole Foods get most of their tomatoes from Mexico—even exotic varieties like heirloom tomatoes.


35 posted on 05/05/2024 7:41:34 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Sirius Lee

I agree. Have to cut the spear up to put on the burger.


36 posted on 05/05/2024 7:41:55 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)
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To: Adder

How, dear Lord, will we survive this plague?


37 posted on 05/05/2024 7:43:12 AM PDT by LS
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To: whitney69
Tomatoes are one reason Lou Malnati’s pizza is so good.

Scroll down to the tomatoes section and watch the 3 minute video. About the pizza

38 posted on 05/05/2024 7:58:52 AM PDT by The Truth Will Make You Free
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To: lee martell

Did you break off the plastic tab? Once you’ve done that I find the lid to be pretty manageable. The tab is there to lock the lid during shipping.

Maybe the Grillos people are upholding the ancient tradition of pickle containers being hard to open?

4th wave feminists driven to crisis by a pickle jar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcSrQGKLUpw


39 posted on 05/05/2024 8:06:50 AM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Adder

Sounds like an excuse for another Biden Executive Order to limit your rights about, well something.


40 posted on 05/05/2024 8:18:27 AM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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