In Wisconsin, a slippery Jim is a kind of pickle. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Slippery Jims”
Grant, another Wisconsin term for you.
Do you know what a slippery gem is?
A slippery gem?
No.
Kind of newt?
Candy bar?
You’re closer with the candy bar.
It’s edible.
Oh, slippery gem.
Yeah.
I don’t know.
It’s kind of pickle.
Oh, it is?
Yeah.
Slippery gem.
It’s slippery.
And it means pickle, not just cucumber, because I know in some parts of the country, they call cucumbers pickles, even if they’re not pickled.
Usually it’s a cucumber, although sometimes it’s a watermelon rind that’s pickled.
Oh, a slippery gem that’s pickled, and you just eat it up with your lunch.
Okay.
Yeah, and apparently that’s mainly in Wisconsin.
That’s a thing.
