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Pickle Juice Soda Exists

Pickling is trendy. So much so, that essence of pickled cucumber is now available as a carbonated beverage. Pickle Juice Soda is a thing, and its here to mess with your mind, with its odd green color. Then, there’s the whole pickle juice and soda thing to screw with your tastebuds.

Pickle Juice Soda is brought to us by Grandpa Joe’s Candy Shop. And, for those brave enough to give it a shot, it won’t come cheap. One bottle online is $9.99, including shipping. Three bottles are $19.99 and a six-pack is $29.99.

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How To Make Instant Pickles, Because We Want Pickles Right Now

You want pickles and you want them right damn now. Instructables member The Oakland Toy Lab knows that we don’t have the time to actually pickle stuff, so they’ve come up with Instant Pickles.

Using a few simple ingredients and a large syringe, you can create a handheld pickle-maker. The ingredients and negative pressure break down boring cukes, bringing you yummy pickles in about 30 seconds. See the full tutorial here.

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I Wanna Swing From The Pickle Chandelier

Pickles… usually nothing more than a sandwich or burger enhancer, is actually an excellent conductor of electricity. Who knew?

So, it was only a matter of time before somebody turned several pickles into a viable light source. That somebody are food artists, Sam Bompas and Harry Parr, who brings us the Gherkin Chandelier.

Taking advantage of the pickles’ high acidity and translucence, Bompas and Parr sent some electric current through them, turning the pickles into little oblong light bulbs.

The result… a chandelier worthy to hang over any dining room table. As long as you don’t mind minimal light and the smell of burning gherkins.

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