The art of the dill: When will America’s pickle obsession come to an end?

A pickle display is shown at a Giant Eagle market in Glenshaw, - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

When did we know for sure?

Was it April, when Nature Made introduced its pickle-flavored gummy vitamins? Was it November, when Petco’s “Pickle Mania” promotion offered 26 different pickle-themed toys for dogs and cats? Maybe it was the December day that a food scholar was heard to utter, “Everyone can kind of see their needs met by pickles.”