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OT: Grillo's Pickles - ATT: COSTCO customers :OT

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  • SonVolt
    SonVolt Posts: 3,316
    I'd rather have Claussen on a burger or sandwhich and Grillos by themselves. 
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  • Dobie
    Dobie Posts: 3,458
    Claussen garlic for me. 
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  • nolaegghead
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    Anyone here use ManGrates?

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  • loco_engr
    loco_engr Posts: 5,817
    Hooray!  Daughter in KC found them at Costco and is coming home tomorrow!
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  • Eggin_in_PA
    Eggin_in_PA Posts: 91
    RRP said:
    Not knocking anyone's opinion - but today I finally found and bought some Claussen sandwich slicers. Then my wife helped give me a blind taste test - and I got 6 out of 6 tests correct! Claussen's were good, but IMO Grillo's are better! Now, as long as I can keep buying Grillo's I will!



    Do the sliders taste any different over the spears?  I can see the bite from the Claussen stand out more on a cheesesteak.  I only have had the Grillo`s spears though.
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  • StillH2OEgger
    StillH2OEgger Posts: 3,893
    Eggin_in_PA said:
    RRP said:
    Not knocking anyone's opinion - but today I finally found and bought some Claussen sandwich slicers. Then my wife helped give me a blind taste test - and I got 6 out of 6 tests correct! Claussen's were good, but IMO Grillo's are better! Now, as long as I can keep buying Grillo's I will!



    Do the sliders taste any different over the spears?  I can see the bite from the Claussen stand out more on a cheesesteak.  I only have had the Grillo`s spears though.
    The halves are where it's at with the Claussen's.
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  • SonVolt
    SonVolt Posts: 3,316
    edited June 2020
    Eggin_in_PA said:

    Do the sliders taste any different over the spears? I can see the bite from the Claussen stand out more on a cheesesteak. I only have had the Grillo`s spears though.

    The Grillo "sliders" tasted like salty cucumbers to me. Haven't tried the spears yet. 
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  • Canugghead
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    nolaegghead said:
    Anyone here use ManGrates?

    Bought on impulse few years ago, seasoned but haven't tried yet. Interesting story ... seller was a US military guy who married a canuck, they relocated to GWN for a child who needed (may still need) ongoing expensive medical treatments, thanks to our universal health care.




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  • thetrim
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    As much as we bust his balls around here, a recommendation from @RRP for a product is a slam dunk winner in my book!
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  • Elijah
    Elijah Posts: 877
    StillH2OEgger said:
    Eggin_in_PA said:
    RRP said:
    Not knocking anyone's opinion - but today I finally found and bought some Claussen sandwich slicers. Then my wife helped give me a blind taste test - and I got 6 out of 6 tests correct! Claussen's were good, but IMO Grillo's are better! Now, as long as I can keep buying Grillo's I will!



    Do the sliders taste any different over the spears?  I can see the bite from the Claussen stand out more on a cheesesteak.  I only have had the Grillo`s spears though.
    The halves are where it's at with the Claussen's.
    I love Claussen's but I think the halves are under pickled. I love the spears, wholes, and burger slices. I'm willing to bet I wouldn't prefer Grillo's either, but I'll try them if I can find them. 
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  • StillH2OEgger
    StillH2OEgger Posts: 3,893
    Elijah said:
    I love Claussen's but I think the halves are under pickled. I love the spears, wholes, and burger slices. I'm willing to bet I wouldn't prefer Grillo's either, but I'll try them if I can find them. 
    Fair enough. I like the crispness of the halves. I will add that I find the Claussen's brine superior to the Grillo's. I need to try the Grillo's spears (and the spicy), but the chips felt like more of a refrigerator pickle to me.

    When it comes to pickles and bacon frying opinions (not to mention carrot cake), this site has few rivals. Love it!
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  • 500
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    RRP said:
    JohnInCarolina said:
    Any luck tracking down some kick-butt carrot cake during the pandemic, Ron? 
    No - I want to find a retail source for that sold to businesses by Aramark, but it's just wishful thinking at this point.
    Wegmans has really good carrot cake. Mrs. 500’s favorite (on the rare occasion she eats it)
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  • SonVolt
    SonVolt Posts: 3,316
    Claussen brine makes a wonderful chicken and pork brine. 
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,330
    SonVolt said:
    Claussen brine makes a wonderful chicken and pork brine. 
    I used to pour pickle juice down the disposal (which freshens it up a bit, supposedly) but since trying this a few months ago, the leftover juice has been repurposed.   :)
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  • Dobie
    Dobie Posts: 3,458
    SonVolt said:
    Claussen brine makes a wonderful chicken and pork brine. 
    How long and is it undiluted?
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  • sumoconnell
    sumoconnell Posts: 1,932
    Just got the pickles - saw them at Whole Foods in Bee Cave. Dang good pickles! Hard to open, glad I had the heads up. 
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  • JohnEggGio
    JohnEggGio Posts: 1,430
    I picked up the Italian Dill Chips at Wegman’s a few days ago.  Nice addition to my Friday night cheeseburger (and my Saturday afternoon one, too).
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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,521
    Speak of the devil. This showed up in the local Cub Foods circular



    I picked these up at Aldi today so I'll hold off on the Grillo's but nice to see they're available locally. 





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  • StillH2OEgger
    StillH2OEgger Posts: 3,893
    I tried the spicy spears last week and they were pretty good. Will have to check out the atomic spicy.
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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,521
    StillH2OEgger said:
    I tried the spicy spears last week and they were pretty good. Will have to check out the atomic spicy.
    @StillH2OEgger The pickle itself isn't necessarily anything special but the flavor has some heat. Most of the time anything labeled hot, spicy, atomic, etc is usually a let down. These actually have some bite. Going to grab another tub of them tomorrow. 
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  • buzd504
    buzd504 Posts: 3,877
    WeberWho said:
    Speak of the devil. This showed up in the local Cub Foods circular



    I picked these up at Aldi today so I'll hold off on the Grillo's but nice to see they're available locally. 





    I found Grillo’s at Whole Foods here, but we are currently on a condiment freeze, so I had to hold off (I think we have 5 kinds of pickles in the fridge right now)
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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,883
    @SonVolt thanks, I brined a chicken breast in a grillo, it was great.
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  • SonVolt
    SonVolt Posts: 3,316
    alaskanassasin said:
    @SonVolt thanks, I brined a chicken breast in a grillo, it was great.

    You'll get ever better results brining in Claussen pickle juice :) 
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  • QDude
    QDude Posts: 1,064
    Are these found in the refrigerated section of Costco?

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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    QDude said:
    Are these found in the refrigerated section of Costco?
    If your Costco carries them they will be in the refrigerated section.
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  • QDude
    QDude Posts: 1,064
    Got some at Target last night. Very good! But seriously Ron? You've never had Clausen pickles?

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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,449
    QDude said:
    Got some at Target last night. Very good! But seriously Ron? You've never had Clausen pickles?
    I had not as of when I started this thread nearly a month ago! But I now have a jar in my frig along with the Grillo's.
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,552
    grillos dill tastes better to me than clausens but  clausen makes a much better bread and butter pickle
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  • QDude
    QDude Posts: 1,064
    RRP said:
    QDude said:
    Got some at Target last night. Very good! But seriously Ron? You've never had Clausen pickles?
    I had not as of when I started this thread nearly a month ago! But I now have a jar in my frig along with the Grillo's.
    Thanks for posting about these pickles. I am a pickle snob - want the best!  I would not have known about these without your post. Much appreciated! 

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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,330
    Salt Lake City friends: I noticed this morning that our local Harmon's grocers now carry Grillo's, whoop!  I picked up a quart of the "Hots", delicious!  
    And, yeah, the package is ridiculous.  I opened mine in the sink, there's no way you can initially open it without spillage, there's no air space in the container whatsoever (they may do this to increase shelf life, I notice that my large bottles of V8 also have no air space in them).  And it was a fight to get the lid snapped back on; my arthritis gets much worse and I'll have to go back to Boar's Head.  
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