So for the true pickle lovers....
I work in Germany quite often. Usually, I am in Berlin, but I go all over from Hamburg to Munich. Anyway, I really love rural Germany so I try to take weekend train trips to little towns. A couple of years ago, one of these excursions led to me ending up in Lubbenau (two dots above the first U), about an hour south of Berlin.
Why bring this up in a pickle thread? Well because Lubbenau is Mecca for pickle eater. This is the first thing I saw when I got off the train.
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Also interesting is that people travel around this swampy area by riding in these skiffs. Boats and pickles (and of course beer)--what is not to like?
This "town" is very small. You pay a buck or two and get in one of these boats.
The boat rower, then takes off down the canals. Our captain was evidently super hilarious (for a German) and everyone laughed constantly at his pickle jokes. I don't sprechen sie Deutsch so I have no idea if he was Chappelle or Schumer. He could push pole a skiff pretty good so I'll give him that.
This canal has houses all along the sides and even had little skiff garages for the local folk.
Many of these picklers also had set up little stands along the way. They would sell both pickles and beer. I partook in many of each.
Every so often, you could even leap out and sit among the trees (and Germans) and get a plate.
Anyway, these fools were crazy for pickles and I achieved maximum daily pickle allotment. I got damn close on the beer. Slept on the train back to Berlin and went and got more beer--did not get more pickles.
When going through my phone to find these pics, I also came across this one.
It seems the locals may also beat the hell out of unruly gars with bundles of carrots. So that's pretty cool too.