The reviews are in: Bick's new mustard pickle 'tastes the same'
Most people who took part in taste test gave new Bick's Sweet Mustard Pickles 8 out of 10
Appetites were lost, hearts were broken and Jiggs dinners were ruined when it was announced that popular brands of mustard pickles were discontinued.
Classic Habitant and Zest mustard pickles were swept off the shelves in March, when Smuckers Food of Canada announced both lines were cut.
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Some unopened bottles made their way onto sites like Kijiji, where they sold for more than triple the going rate in stores.
But now, Bick's has released its new recipe of mustard pickles.
The St. John's Morning Show's Gavin Simms went out with a jar to see if they compared to their anZESTors, or were just aiming too high. Here's some of what people thought.
Good on rabbit
"Sweet, nice. Nothing wrong with them. I'd say it's as good or better … I'd put it on everything. I put pickles on my burgers, throw 'em on my potatoes, little bit of moose, rabbit."
Jiggs approved
"Very good, excellent. Can't wait to try it with Jiggs dinner … To me, it's very, very similar. I mean, I'd have to have the two of them together to really … It doesn't seem to be quite as sweet. But it's a great second best."
Just not the same
"I don't think they're the same, they're good though … I don't find them as pickle-y — there's not as much of like a vinegar sort of taste on them, they're more sweeter, but we'll see now when it pours over a bunch of salt beef."
Better than nothing
"That's definitely a mustard pickle … it's good. It's comparable to the last brand name. I don't know if everyone will think that, but better than no mustard pickle."
Runny but tasty
"Nice. A little different taste than the Zest, a little nicer actually. The mustard seems a bit more runny though — it's a little runnier, but it's great. Nice taste … They're a great replacement."
Conspiracies afoot
"To my mind that's essentially a Zest pickle. The Habitant is more mustardy and that one is basically as far as I'm concerned just about identical, if not identical, to the Zest. I think it's probably Bick's way of cycling [the recipe].
"Coke changed the formula to the new Coke and they realized what kind of a disaster that was, so they brought back Coke Classic. Well this is Bick's way of reversing a big mistake without having to admit it."