Are you a lazy cook (like yours truly) who can barely get off your ass to pour yourself a bowl of cereal? When invited to a party, do you always offer to bring chips, a carton of dip and a veggie platter because no cooking is involved?
Allow me to introduce you to Pigskin Sushi (at least that’s what my fam calls it, as we make it for almost every tailgate we attend). What’s not to love about an affordable, three ingredient, five-minute, dirty-no-dishes delicatessen that even you can whip together and party goers will devour?
This non-conventional sushi is always a crowd pleaser.
You will need:
Dill pickles, one block of cream cheese and thick-sliced, cooked ham. Total cost – $7.00.
Directions:
Place a paper towel under the slice of ham (this will absorb some of the moisture due to packaging) and spread cream cheese over it.
You can use light and/or whipped cream cheese, just be sure it’s at room temperature for easy spreading.
Next roll a pickle up in the cheesy slice of ham.
Baby dill pickles work best in the simple recipe.
Then cut the pickle-in-a-blanket to your desired size.
Once you’ve sliced, you’re done. Seriously.
Place on a platter and watch folks curiously gander at the pickles on a plate for a minute (seriously, people will act like they may be above a pickle wrapped in cream cheese and ham but once they have one, it’s game over).
A plateful of Pigskin Sushi won’t last long.
This snack was such a hit at the last tailgate, we made another batch of the low carb, gluten-free delicatessen for the second half of the game and still had no left overs.
Touchdown!
CBXB
I am literally salivating. We always had these at my grandma’s house and I still have my wife or somebody who asks what I want make these for certain events. As you say, people will scoff at them, but they’ll be gone at the end of the night! We always used thin cheap Budding brand ham, but this thicker stuff might be better to spread the cheese one! Whooop!
I sent your picture to my wife and she said, “Gross!” She’s not a fan because she doesn’t care for ham unless it’s a certain way. I may divorce her and see you on Friday at Dalt’s! Lol.
I’ll save you a seat. I mean, how can you stay married to someone who is picky about ham when it’s combined with pickles and cream cheese?! Hee hee. Tell your wife I said hello!
I told you that I’m using Budding brand ham when we finally have drinks one day! And now I’m salivating, too. I don’t know if I can wait until the weekend to make them again…I’d better have this for supper tonight.
Haha! I just told wife that i want this for supper tonight! She hates the Buddig too! There’s no pleasing her when it comes to ham!
That’s so funny! Good luck with getting any kind of lucky tonight…with the Buddig brand ham or otherwise…
That looks delicious! Great post, I’m gonna try these out.
Thanks! If I can make this, anyone can. 🙂 Good luck!
That’s a very easy dish and I would like to do this on the first birthday we have in family, and I love pickles :)!
Try it! And let me know how it turns out. It is truly one of the easiest things I have ever made!
🙂 and also very lovely to see !
Nasty!
Creative but nasty!
Now, RC have you ever tried Pigskin Sushi? I dare you!!
I’ll roll it all up with tofu, ha ha. Love your ideas, I swear, you need a cookbook. It would be #1. Really!
That’s so funny you think I need a cookbook…as I am such a lazy “chef” (if I even qualify for that word)! I did wonder how I could switch this up to be vegetarian friendly while thinking of you, writing this post!
I LOVE IT! I’m thinking this would be an awesome idea for lunches too.
That’s a fabulous idea! Now I have no reason not to make it during the week for myself. 🙂
Those pickles appear to be looking up at me from that plate (but in a tasty way) You seem to have all the major food groups nicely involved here, in which case all that remains to be included is the alcoholic beverages. But I strongly suspect you have that covered.
Your suspicions are spot on. Although, I do suggest something with a little more carbohydrates to accompany this ‘sushi’ at the party food table. You know, to do some much needed soaking up…
Yeah like maybe a bacon cheeseburger.
My thought exactly.
These are a family favorite of ours too! I wonder if its a Southwest Iowa thing? Because when I moved to Kansas City everyone laughed at me when I told them about them! But you’re right no one had any trouble eating them! I have a recipe for pickle wrap dip that is also amazing. I’ll have to try to remember to send it to you! It would fit right into your cookbook!
It MUST be a Southwest Iowa thing! Our moms probably had Pigskin Sushi at the same parties. 🙂 None of my friends in Nashville had ever heard of them, either. But now they’re a party favorite! I would LOVE the recipe to your pickle wrap dip – you can hit me up on Facebook or at:
cowboysandcrossbones@yahoo.com
Thanks Amy!
I think it would look tastier with a tortilla wrapped around each piece. Nonetheless, I love pickles and cream cheese, so I’d give it a try! Very creative cooking, lol.
Haven’t you ever heard not to judge a book by its cover?! 🙂 I admit – this snack tastes far better than it looks – although a tortilla is a fab idea for making it look tastier!
Yes – Redneck style sushi! Goes great with sports!
Holla! What would sports be without salty, meaty snacks?!