Deep down in South Texas, you may encounter a most peculiar food… the Pickadilly.
I am not sure if it exists elsewhere, since I have only found them in South Texas, but please let us know if you have found any of these anywhere else. These are some amazing, cold treats and if I am able to pick them up elsewhere I'd like to know where.
What in the World is a “Pickadilly?”
To start with, I will have to tell you what a raspa is, if you don’t already know, because you need a raspa to make a Pickadilly. Basically, a raspa is like a snow cone, slush puppy, or shaved ice. All of these are basically cold drinks made from tiny pieces of ice with a flavoring added to them.
Down in South Texas, the name on the street for this type of treat is raspa. Often, Kool-Aid is the flavoring used in many Raspa Stands. Basically, it is a quick and easy way to keep cool in a delicious manner, and many people take advantage of the convenience of the Raspa Stands frequently. We sure like to.
ADD THE PICKLE
To make a Pickadilly, Dill Pickle is added to the Raspa. Yes, you heard me correctly, Dill Pickle!
I know that at this point I may have lost some of you, unless you are a pregnant woman, but hear me out. The pickle is chopped into little pieces and then added to the top of the raspa, with a little flavoring sprinkled on top. I know that this seems like a very weird food, and I’m not saying that it isn’t. I’m just saying that we have been enjoying them for years.
Perhaps because the school color for Weslaco, Texas is purple, I’ve only actually had Grape flavored Pickadillys. (At least I think that is the reason.) You can order them in other flavors, but we always have gone for the purple and green, with the purple being the grape Kool-Aid flavored raspa and the green being the chopped up Dill Pickle on top of it.
THE ORIGIN
For @mama-peppper, she grew up enjoying these cool treats all summer long in South Texas. As I looked into the history of this food and tried to find the origin, I came up empty. I do not know where it came from, but I am thinking that perhaps a pregnant woman may have been involved. I can't be sure, but that is my hunch.
Since we do not have raspa stands in Northern Arkansas that sell Pickadilly's, I figured that we had better let the @little-pepper enjoy some while we were in Texas.
Although the treat was different and new to them, they enjoyed them quite a bit. Separately, they have enjoyed things like snow cones and pickles for years, so now they were able to enjoy the flavor combination as contained in the Pickadilly.
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
Have you ever heard of a Pickadilly before or gotten the chance to enjoy one? Would you ever try to make your own just to see what it tastes like?
We have enjoyed them for years and hopefully will get the chance again soon. They are very good with elotes too.
As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:
proof-of-pickadilly
Until next time…
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Hello @papa-pepper. I translated this post in Russian. Translation here:
https://steemit.com/food/@igor-steem/interesnye-blyuda-o-kotorykh-vy-mogli-ne-slyshat-pikadilli . Thank you! A very interesting recipe, such a contrast of taste is interesting not only to pregnant women ...
Oo! I'm going to read the Russian @papa-pepper ! :-)
ahahahahah "Unless you are a pregnant woman"
Hahahahaha
You know I'm from Texas and never even heard of a pickadilly! Though I haven't even bought anything form a store let alone a restaurant in 12 years.....
That seems absolutely disgusting! I hate sweet pickles so it seems like that but with koolaid flavoring. I'm all over the elotes though.
🌷Mhmm! These look so delicious! Great Pickadilly!!!!!!!1
We have something similar here called "Raspados". The ice is flavored with various fruit syrups or condensed milk or sour spicy lemon/mango/watermelon salty syrups. I would actually try the pickle one haha Enjoy!
Interesting...
Heard the word before but didn't know this was an actual thing, let alone a drink with pickles in it haha. Maybe the peppers should open Northern Arkansas' first pickadilly stand ;-)
That could be an idea!
Grape flavour... mmmmm honestly that looks sooooo nice. Need to get my ass over to Texas to try this summer treat!!
I definitely recommend it!
Pickadilly seems interesting. I would try it out if I had the chance. Make my own ? Naaah too lazy for that :D
If I was in South Texas, I'd probably Pick-A-Daily. Now that I've typed it its not that punny :(
In India we get the same thing but with different flavouring on the ice cone as you mentioned it is called gola and there are many flavours that can be added to them.Heard of raspa for the first time ,maybe same food with different name in different countries.Those looks cool.
I miss raspa stands in the summer, but now I am mad I never tried the piccadilly! I didn't like pickles as a kid but I remember my brothers liking them quite a bit.
I have never heard of this before and honestly not sure if I'd try it if I ever seen a stand. I love dill pickles and I love slushee but not sure together 😕 I'm with you on the whole pregnant woman theory tho!
I love salted and pickled cucumbers and tomatoes. In our country is one of the favorite dishes. And the brine too we all love=))
Divine taste=)))))))
If that is salt with no vinegar...left for 20 days or more? Then that is also very healthy!! Bio-active like yogurt...good stuff for your gut!
I agree. Have you tried, @em3? Salted cucumbers are prepared quickly. And strongly salted cucumbers and tomatoes can be stored for a year=))
We did a lot of salt brine cucumber and okra pickles last year and the year before. I love the taste, and my kids too!!
Woooww! Cool!!=)))
Looks yummy ! thank you for sharing !!👍👍👍👍
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You can get them here in the Kansas City Metro area. Pickles in kool-aid is actually really popular, though why I can't fathom. You can actually buy pickles in jars of kool-aid in grocery stores throughout much of Missouri.
Really, how have I never noticed that?
I have no idea. Even just the smell of pickles makes me sick. Has ever since I was a little kid. And the neighbor kids were obsessed with the pickles jarred in kool-aid and exploited their ability to make me ill. So maybe I'm just highly aware of pickles?
I can't remember what brands sell them. I just remember seeing them in stores when I was a kid. I make it a point to not frequent the aisles with pickles as an adult, as it seems someone always manages to break open at least a single pickle jar while I'm in the aisle.
Based on what I remember it was because of the combination of sweet and sour and the flavoring was a new one back in the 60's to stop the kids from just eating the koolaide by itself...
It looks very nice and fresh, but in our place there is nothing like it
I want to try it sometime :) @papa-pepper
As teenagers, my good friend introduced me to pickle juice on ice as a hot summer thirst quencher!
Its gotta be dill pickle juice. As a kid I loved it! But not sure the vinegar was good for the teeth. Maybe a fremented(salt brine) dill pickle juice would be healthier!!!
Peace!
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Vinegar is probiotic. Yummy and healthy for the digestion. Good thing you didn't know it could be good for you before you tasted it!
Thats true if it's raw unfiltered apple cider vinegar. White vinegar is a byproduct of the petroleum industry and is not probiotic. Nearly all store bought pickles, and most canned pickles are made with white vinegar......and therefore, not probiotic.
Arrrgh! More proof that all the premade food is either of no nutritional value or actively bad for me! I think I need chocolate in my picadilly instead of grape. It numbs the pain.
Never heard of this before @papa-pepper, but if the @little-peppers are enjoying it, it must surely be very nice and refreshing!
I'm wondering what's the taste is like man! Sweet? Salty? Sour? Spicy?
This is one of the weirdest combos I have heard of in a long time! I am kinda grossed out and I kinda want to try one at the same time. Lol!
I am not sure how I feel about this...LOL
I'm from the Llano Estacado in Texas.
Never heard of it.
To be honest it doesn't sound appealing.
Might try it some day though...if I ever encounter it.
I don't know about these crazy picadillies, but whatever you got cooking in that second cup looks incredible. Is that corn mac and cheese?!
Pickadilly huh? Interesting. Sounds nasty and delicious all at the same time. Although I'm pretty sure I would puke upon tasting it the first time. Lol
looks yummy and delicious...
I think I would have to pass on the green part. Just doesn't sound very appetizing.
That looks delicious,never heard of it . I would like to taste it :)
I can definitely see the allure of the pickadilly, personally I would love raspados with some yummy, chewy, nata de coco. And the esquites you have look fabulous. But I love how they load up the esquites with all kinds of nuts and seeds here in Mexico.
I Love and miss me some Pickadilly. I was a treat just seeing this today.
It looks good but never had Pickadilly. I have had fried pickles and fried cheese curds at 1 meal.
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That must be a deep south Texas thang, I have not heard of that up our way.
When I was younger I ate a bowl of pickles then without thinking used the same bowl for ice cream and it was delicious! Tried to replicate it, never worked.