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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

Magazine’s summer intern Olivia Hau looked into why retailers have reached peak pickle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

This put the Person from Corporate in quite a pickle.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

Staples at taverns across the state, Maid-Rites more closely resemble the sloppy joe of school lunchrooms: the ground-beef sandwiches are served on a soft bun and topped with mustard, pickles and raw onions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

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

Some days we rode our bikes to nowhere in particular, and once in a while we sold vegetables and bread-and-butter pickles out of a wagon at the end of our driveway.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor

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

Change the herbs accordingly: chives and parsley are excellent with giardiniera, while Mexican-style pickled carrots practically beg for cilantro and oregano.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

"We have ham, pickled garlic, tahini, and stinky tofu and liquor. Just below my office is a shop whose speciality is vodka, foie gras and apple in one scoop," says Yan.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Lee came out with a platter of fried chicken, a bowl of smoking boiled potatoes, and a deep dish of pickled beets, all carried on a pastry board.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Still, I thought Klapper might tell me to stop pickling, but he didn’t.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026

While drying or pickling might preserve its taste, photography best preserves its beauty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

"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

Her job was to fill two bowls with fresh yogurt from the sacks hanging in the basement larder, where the floor was packed dirt, and where the old cook kept his pickling jars.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri




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