Dip, Ye Bachelors

Mom is back with another comfort food recipe: a dip that, according to her, is ideal for those extra-thick Townhouse "Topper" crackers, the ones that are like Ritz crackers on one side and pretzels on the other (or something like that).

Mom's SOS Dip

1. Take 2 or 3 dill pickle halves and chop them up fairly fine.
2. Stir them into 1 or 2 bricks of cream cheese, softened in the mixing bowl.
3. Crumble in 1 or 2 packages of shaved dried beef.
4. Add half a cup of sour cream, Worcestershire sauce and garlic powder to taste.

Voila! A dip that my brother Jake approves of, and that my three-year-old niece likes to lick off the blades of the mixing bowl. I just hope my mother unplugs it first...

Thanks to Minnesota Bread for the photo.