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pickle

[pik-uhl] / ˈpɪk əl /


VERB
preserve fruit or vegetable
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In Chicago, we have a phrase for what happens to a hot dog after it has been loaded with tomatoes, onions, peppers and pickle: it’s been “dragged through the garden.”

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

For every trending supplement, there is an unprocessed, wholefood alternative – from the anti-inflammatory benefits of turmeric, staving off cramp with pickle juice or consumption of high-nitrate foods like beetroot before competition.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

I like this recipe in particular because if the farmers market has otherwise failed you, there is a decent chance the pickle table has not.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

One trend centered on the “chamoy pickle”—a hollowed-out jumbo dill pickle typically filled with spicy chips or sour candy, coated with the Mexican condiment chamoy and wrapped in a Fruit Roll-Up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

In the city room Vega sat on a upside-down pickle bucket playing his violin while he watched me and Rose build.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore

For example, "I love pickles. I know that if I eat too many pickles I'm gonna feel ill."

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

If you didn’t know what FTD meant on the menu at the Hodad’s stands at Petco Park, the burger — with cheese, onion rings, pickles, mayonnaise and barbecue sauce — still was a good time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

Some enjoy a gingery khichuri alongside yogurt and pickles.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026

The steep bill for the Buffalo wings, pickles and other items is part of a wrongful termination case that centers around wealth manager Brent Ryan Bodner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Who wanted potato chips that tasted like pickles?

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence

No matter what, I start with the pickled vegetables then I get one of the hamachi rolls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

I took a bite of the buttery Texas toast and the crinkle-cut fries, then dipped them into the creamy, peppery Cane’s Sauce, which tasted something like pickled ranch.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

My first Japanese Wagyu meal at a steakhouse—a 4-ounce rib-eye served with wasabi alongside vinegary dishes and pickled vegetables that cut against the fat—changed everything.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

Giardiniera is my first choice here — jars of it seem to appear at every Chicago market — but think of the filling as a template for whatever good, spicy pickled thing you bring home.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

Once the meat was soaked, it would be transported to the lower levels to be ground, canned, pickled, brined, extruded into sausage casings, or cut into chops.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Tools are scattered throughout the studio, including a plumber’s torch for melting glass, crockpots for pickling and a dental tool she uses to stamp her logo, VM, short for Verre Modern, onto her ceramics.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

People are not going to start quickly pickling onions and making chili jams, but they will grab an exciting bottle of mayonnaise and let it do the heavy lifting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026

"My life changed just from pickling a cucumber," Maddi Neye-Swift told the BBC as she picked up her award for food creator of the year.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2024

This means you’ll have lots of peppers available for canning, pickling and serving roasted and stuffed to large groups of guests.

From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2024

“I have the passion of cooking, pickling, curing salamis, sausage, making wine in the fall. This is my life. I do this with my friends. It’s to my heart.”

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan




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