The Pickle reference article from the English Wikipedia on 24-Jul-2004 (provided by Fixed Reference: snapshots of Wikipedia from wikipedia.org)

Pickle

A pickle is a food, usually comprising one or more fruits or vegetables that has been preserved and flavoured in either a brine (salt solution) or a vinegar solution, or a combination of the two; or in mustard. Many traditional pickles involve a process of fermentation and the brine or acid is part of what ensures that the right bacteria are involved (see Processed Pickles below).

The USA pickle market is dominated by gherkins, which are small pickled (Americans often tend to use the word pickle to mean gherkin). In the UK, a common type of pickle is the pickled onion, often sold in Fish 'n' Chip shops. These shops often also sell pickled eggs. In Taiwan, popular pickled food includes: plum, cucumber, cabbage, radish, eggs. Japanese tsukemono include daikon, plums, turnips, and lettuce, among other vegetables.

Indian mixed pickles consist of various pickled fruits and vegetables (invariably including chili peppers) suspended in vegetable oil.

pickled dills

See also

• food preservation
• Pickling
• piccalilli
• Tsukemonoki

External links

• History of the pickle

This is the "Pickle" reference article from the English Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. See also our Disclaimer.