The Great Pickle Off of 2012

Now that Aviva's here, the competitive spirit of the Rozmaryn family has arrived. It's all about who's better at whatever, which parent loves who more, who has more of what and who can get to whatever or wherever more quickly. It's fun. 

So naturally, there was a special Sukkot competition this week. Ami likes to make homemade pickles. He used to make them at home from our cucumber plant, and now that we're here, he still makes them, but with purchased cucumbers albeit. 

Aviva has never made pickles before, but being that it's something that Ami was doing, she wanted to best him. Also, it has to do with cooking so her creative juices were flowing. So the great pickle off of 2012 was upon us. They went to the Shuk to secure ingredients and on Erev Sukkot the pickles were sealed in their jars. The plan was to have a panel of judges evaluate the two batches on Chol Hamoed at the Maller home- a home full of foodies and children, people that are known for their honesty.

Here the pickles are, one plate of each "brand". The fork differentiated between the two. 

All ready to have the tasters!

I got only a partial vote because I knew whose was whose based on the jars, and that Ami prefers his pickles heavy on the horseradish.

In the end, Aviva's won by a lot. But, Ami did have a few votes from the horseradish lover components. And  comments included that Ami's were the better choice to be eaten on their own- as a set snack, but Aviva's better in a sandwich or other pickle application. At the end of the day, all of the pickles were eaten but Aviva reigns as the pickle champion of the house. They're not done with their pickle making adventures- they both plan to continue their picking careers.

By the way, Eitan loved the pickles!