pickled cucumber

Also known as cucumber pickle, pickle, cornichon

cucumber preserved in vinegar

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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