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My wife had to explain to me that pickles were pickled cucumbers and there wasn’t a pickle tree.
I was 30 something years old.
I was much younger when I figured it out, but my mom also did a lot of gardening and canning when I was younger, so we had all kinds of pickled vegetables on the shelves.
There was still an aha moment when I realized that pickles were just pickled cucumbers, just like the pickled greenbeans, and pickled beets, etc.
I guess cucumbers were first on the scene and got to use the shortened name ;-)
If it helps there is a variant called "Parisian Pickling"
That sounds like a real pickle you went through.
I mean if it helps you they are made from a special pickle sized breed of cucumber.
Some kinds like gherkins are smaller than the cucumbers that show up in the store, but people pickle the large cukes as well (more common as the dill or sour varieties). Also in other countries it's common to pickle all kinds of vegetables and even some fruit
pretty sure the large "normal" cucumbers only get pickled after being sliced up, i have yet to see a footlong cucumber pickled whole.
Yeah the spears aren't quite that big usually--you probably have to go to an old timey general store for big ones.
Me too, but I was in my 40's and found out at a bierfest.
Makes me wonder, can you pickle zucchinis?
Yes. And cauliflower, watermelon rinds, radishes, all sorts of things. It's not just cukes, beets, onions, and eggs.
Yes. They are delicious. Acide makes them
You can pickle pretty much anything. Vegetables, eggs, fish, you name it.
Two things that are almost always in my fridge are pickled sliced red onion, and pickled jalapenos. It's so easy to put together, and a nice bright addition to dishes
Can you pickle cheese?
Mozzarella is brined which is a form of pickling. So the answer is, "Yes, you can".
Okay, calm down Satan
Edit: This time science has gone too far 😂
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/73939/pickled-cheese/
You are on The Internet. You don't have to wonder about anything, anymore.
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/228678/zucchini-pickles/
Now you can post to this topic about how you had to explain to an adult that the Internet is more than just a message board, but actually a repository for information as well.