Hard no on chickles, hot chicken stuffed pickles that are far inferior to hot dogs

You can get a chicken-stuffed pickle tonight at a minor league baseball game or you could make good decisions and order a hot dog instead.

Baseball stadiums are low-key great places to find good, if overpriced, food. (Shout out to Wrigley Field’s Hot Dougs cart.) Mosey on down to the minor leagues and it gets really wild. The Fresno Grizzlies, a triple-A affiliate of the Houston Astros, would humbly like to offer “The Chickle” for your consideration.

The Chickle, as the name (kind of?) implies, is a chicken-stuffed pickle. Specifically, it’s a Nashville hot chicken stuffed pickle, because it was created in honor (?) of the Grizzlies game against the Nashville Sounds.

Here’s the thing. If you like pickles, this probably sounds delightful, maybe. Nashville hot chicken is really good and maybe the pickle adds a nice tart aftertaste, or something.

But stare at the promotional photo for awhile and some serious questions arise.

Why does the chicken look like penne pasta?

Would a penne-stuffed pickle be good? (No.)

It looks a little bit like a hot dog, right?

Would the real-life Silicon Valley hot dog app identify the chickle as Hot Dog or Not Hot Dog?

Is a hot dog a sandwich? (No.)

Is a chickle a sandwich? (Also no.)

Wait, if there’s no bread, does that mean there’s nothing to serve the important role of white bread in the hot chicken experience?

Is the pickle meant to be bread?

Is there any bread-based food that would be better served with a pickle in place of the bread?

We may never know. In any case, chickles will be served at the Fresno Grizzlies – Nashville Sounds Thursday night game in Fresno. Assuming you are not in the area, be sure to tune your Twitter channels to chickle for the reviews.

If you’re going to the game and reading this, please order and report back on the chickle. Do it for the culture.