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# BuzzFeed gets Detroit's beloved McClure's Pickles all wrong
- URL: https://www.dailydetroit.com/buzzfeed-gets-detroits-beloved-mcclures-pickles-wrong/
- Published: 2016-11-29T22:27:04.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-27T19:49:40.000Z
- Author: Jer Staes
- Tags: #wordpress, #Import 2024-02-25 18:12, #daily-detroit-staff

Don’t screw with our pickles.

In a post that’s obviously meant to create some discussion and emotional reaction (we wouldn’t know anything about listicles here at Daily Detroit, **[now would we?](http://www.dailydetroit.com/2014/09/22/5-mouthwatering-detroit-sandwiches-you-should-try/)**) BuzzFeed talks about “**[15 Hipster Food Trends That Need To Die In 2017.](https://www.buzzfeed.com/michelleno/foods-that-hipsters-ruined-in-2016?ref=dailydetroit.com)**”

Where we’re going to take exception is specifically number 9\. In hating on “Artisanal Pickles,” they call out McClure’s Pickles with a picture and caption…

> “You can’t makeeeee me pay $40 for brined cucumber.”

Let’s set the record straight. McClure’s are delicious. And using McClure’s as the poster child of expensive trends that have to go is a bunch of malarky. They’re not $40\. They’re $7.99 at the Detroit Meijer for a 32 oz. jug. These are real pickles, from a homegrown operation and made with a variety of flavors. They are not some small, unexciting gherkins in a jar half the size (or less).

Sure, we kinda share them with Brooklyn, but there’s a 20,000 square foot factory here of fine pickled foods. And the family who created it? From Michigan.

> [A video posted by McClure’s (@mcclurespickles)](https://www.instagram.com/p/BLjfKl7jEPE/?ref=dailydetroit.com) on Oct 14, 2016 at 12:07pm PDT

And have you ever had a pickleback shot? Try it, chasing down a shot of whiskey with **[McClure’s Pickle brine](https://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/pickleback-shots-11-things-you-didn-t-know-about-picklebacks?ref=dailydetroit.com)**, agreed upon as *the* original chaser.

You’re not only supporting local with your drinking habits, you’re being conscientious by using the contents of the whole jar when you’re chasing down the whiskey.