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I remember my first fast-food burger not for the slick cheese or squishy bun but for the cool dill pickle tucked within—a refreshing counterpoint to and, in my mind, the entire point of the burger. In time I learned of bread-and-butters, half-sours, full-sours, garlic chips, spicy spears, picklebacks, pickle sundaes, and everything else I thought there was to know about cucumbers soaked in vinegar. But it wasn’t until a friend from the Midwest introduced me to dill pickle dip that I unlocked the last level in pickle paradise—a reason to have them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner without anyone rudely asking if you’re “with child.”
At its simplest pickle dip is chopped dill pickles stirred into something creamy, seasoned with salt and pepper. This bare-bones edition is certainly fine and will get you through many a meal. But it doesn’t take a lot more to catapult pickle dip into dinner-party-worthy territory, an offering your guests will remember forevermore. Jump to the end if you’re just here for a recipe, or keep reading to make it your own.
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