There are few limits to the gastronomical experimentation of Chicago’s young. The Peppermint Stick in a Pickle, popular on the South and West Sides, is a prime example of street innovation with materials purchased at a gas station. Start with one of those pickles that come in its own plastic bag, bite off the tip and slam in a peppermint stick as far as it will go. Then you eat it. There are Youtube video instructions, if any are needed and musician Vernon Garrett wrote a song about it called, wouldn’t you know, “Dill Pickle and a Peppermint Stick.” (David Hammond)
