gherkin

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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

Czechia’s chlebíčky: A slice of baguette with potato salad, ham, Emmental, tomato and gherkin.

From BBC • May 10, 2023

As I bit into the taut casing of the sausage, chunks of onion and gherkin fell here and there.

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2022

One day, Sean announced that he was making me gherkin soup for tea and I assumed he'd gone back to his weird culinary ways.

From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2013

The gherkin is a small thick oval-shaped species of cucumber with a hairy or prickly surface, and is cultivated solely for pickling.

From Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches by Leslie, Eliza