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gherkin

[gur-kin] / ˈgɜr kɪn /


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The gherkins “symbolized for me the last thing you have in your cupboards when you run out of everything. It starts from the last gherkin jar, and from there it all goes south.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 12, 2025

Burger King posted a poll on Twitter asking what people preferred on their burger; tomato or gherkin.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2022

The burger came in a tiny brioche bun, with a gherkin topping and sweet maple-mustard sauce.

From The Guardian Sep. 5, 2017

The book spans generations, beginning with quirky Ottokar, a pickler from Znojmo, Moravia, “the gherkin capital of the Habsburg Empire.”

From Washington Post Feb. 23, 2016

Mix the following ingredients: two anchovies in oil boned and minced, a gill of mayonnaise sauce, a little grated horseradish, very little chopped shallot, a little cold salmon or trout, and a small gherkin chopped.

From The Cook's Decameron: a study in taste, containing over two hundred recipes for Italian dishes by Waters, W. G., Mrs.

The gherkins “symbolized for me the last thing you have in your cupboards when you run out of everything. It starts from the last gherkin jar, and from there it all goes south.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 12, 2025

Kherson remains without electricity, running water or heating, but residents found some relief in being able to purchase Ukrainian pickled gherkins, dumplings, horseradish and other favourites.

From Reuters Nov. 20, 2022

He took them some traditional Ukrainian foods including rye bread, sausage and pickled gherkins.

From BBC Mar. 3, 2022

The filling, it should be noted, also contains finely-chopped bacon and sweet pickle relish, and the whole thing is topped with thin slices of pickled jalapeño peppers and/or gherkins.

From Salon Apr. 3, 2021

To the south, the flowers give way to a patch of raveled gherkins.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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