Quote:Are we all slaves to Big Pickle?
I am going to lay out a series of facts. I will then propose a set of conclusions based solely on those facts. There are forces in this world that would prefer I not publish these facts and their related conclusions. But you are free to read them and evaluate them for yourself—because this is the United States of America.
Consider pickles. Cucumbers marinated in vinegar and spices. A popular snack treat. The average American eats nine pounds of pickles each year.
American grocery stores, naturally, stock a wide variety of pickles. The majority of the pickles they stock are dill pickles. This makes sense, because dill pickles are by far the most popular variety of pickle in America. "Sweet" pickles, that have been marinated in a solution containing sugar, are a distant second in popularity.
Consider relish. It is little more than chopped up pickles. A popular condiment for hot dogs, potato salad, tuna fish, and what have you. Like pickles, relish is also available at American grocery stores. And yet—and yet—although dill pickles are easily the most popular kind of pickle, dill relish is frequently unavailable in grocery stores. It plays second fiddle to a form of relish that inexplicably fills the shelves: sweet relish.
Don't believe me? Go into your local grocery store and check. I'll wait. You will see that I am correct. Dill relish is either totally unavailable, or available in less quantity and variety than sweet relish. It is fair to say that sweet relish dominates the offerings of the typical American grocery store.
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http://blackbag.gawker.com/the-great-relish-mystery-1693818896/+LeahBeckmann
Read the full article for more on the great pickle relish conspiracy, in which Americans are deprived of their right to choose, by large, greedy corporations that foist their less tasty and less healthy relish on us and deprive us of the right to choose what we want.
See also:
http://gawker.com/5976125/the-sweet-vs-dill-relish-imbalance-is-an-outrage
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
