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

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

King of the Ridge has smooth fruits a foot or more long; gherkin, a short, prickly form, is much used for pickling.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various