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A pickled cucumber is a cucumber that has been preserved in vinegar, which gives it a distinctive sour taste and extends its shelf life. This preservation method has been used for centuries to store cucumbers beyond their fresh season, making them available year-round as a food ingredient or condiment.
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Key facts
- Alternative names
- Pickle, gherkin
- Course
- Hors d'oeuvre
- Main ingredients
- Cucumber , brine or vinegar or other solution
- Variations
- Cornichon, gherkin
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A pickled cucumber – commonly known as a pickle in the United States and Canada and a gherkin (/ˈɡɜːrkɪn/ GUR-kin) in Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand – is a usually small or miniature cucumber that has been pickled in a brine, vinegar, or other solution and left to ferment. The fermentation process is executed either by immersing the cucumbers in an acidic solution or through souring by lacto-fermentation. Pickled cucumbers are often part of mixed pickles.
Historical origins