Okay this may seem weird, but I can't find a dill pickle in all Wellington. NZ seems to have 25 kinds of sweet pickle in all the sliced and whole varieties, but they are all very distinctly sweet pickles. I would say in general every sauce or familiar dish in NZ is sweeter than the American equivalents. Don't mention this to Kiwi's as they universally deny having a "sweet tooth". Strangely although every meal might be sweeter than the norm, the don't indulge in many purely sweet deserts. Their pasteries are often just a shade or two from bland.
But back to pickles... Can't find them. I've decided to experiment with the least sweet pickles I can find and adding my own dill to them and see how they turn out. Any fellow expats and/or Kiwis know of these things called Dill Pickles?
Guess you may have to grow some cukes and pickle your own!
ReplyDeleteI don't want to make pickles... I just want to eat them. Any civilized society should be able to produce dill pickles for the masses!
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