It started innocuously enough with a lunchtime discussion of food that goes inside other food. Turducken. Cheese-stuffed bratwurst. Cream-filled bananas. Stuffed peppers. And perhaps, just perhaps… a hot dog inside a pickle. One thing led to another, actual plans were formed, and a little bit of magic happened at the Boston office today. Doug McDermott

Doug McDermott

Senior Writer : Boston

topics: Art Direction, Barbarian, Content Strategy, Internet Culture, and Rock and Roll

masterminded much of the procedure; here’s his comments:

I feel vaguely vindicated and almost heroic with the mild success of the pickle dog. I think the two things we did not really consider in this food adventure was the dangers associated with pickle coring and the fact that pickles are awfully wet.

The first pickle coring almost had disastrous results, but we were able to salvage the damaged pickle by not really caring that the vessel was slightly damaged. By the second pickle, the coring was a lot easier thanks in part to good tools and my surgeon-like hands.

It’s really the pickle juice that concerns us down the road. In future endeavors I think we should probably put some R&D into finding a way of draining the pickle. (There is no better way of saying that. I tried.)

[ these are also on flickr ]

Update: Mike Rubenstein

Mike Rubenstein

Art Director : Boston

topics: Art Direction, Internet Culture, Creativity, Design, and Video

shot a few photos and added a lovely recipe and diagram to the fray at his related Lunch post.