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Spot on Martha...

Though I never had this stew of haricot beans and string beans... the white beans are the barenaked buttocks and the string beans the grass obviously...its probably not very different from the other stews we eat in Holland.

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I grew up in Concord, NC (outside of Charlotte) in the 1980's, and there were at least two places that served Suicides and Witch Doctors. The suicide was exactly as most have described here--a mixture of all sodas served in one glass. A Witch Doctor was a Suicide with a pickle in it. Both a local burger chain and a skating rink would serve them, and may still, in fact. I, unfortunately, do not eat as many hamburgers or rollerskate quite as frequently as I used to.

Martha - I agree. I am not a pickle fan anyhow, so tossing a slice of one (to answer your question) into a murky mixture of sodas is horrific, I feel. I was scared for many years growing up that someone would dare me to drink one...yikes. 🙂