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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

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

"We already have a giant gherkin in the City, now it looks as if we are going to have an enormous salt cellar as well," the Prince of Wales said in 2003.

From BBC Dec. 19, 2015

In one of the barns, an assistant is working on a sculpture made of sausagelike elements, while just outside stands one of Wurm’s large gherkin sculptures.

From New York Times Mar. 6, 2014

A pickled walnut chopped, or a gherkin or two, go admirably with mutton or pork chops.

From Culture and Cooking Art in the Kitchen by Owen, Catherine

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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