The word 'pickle' describes any fruit, vegetable, or other edible product which has been preserved in vinegar or brine (salt water), or in a mixture of oil and vinegar. Flavorings such as spices are frequently added.
Pickled cucumbers, onions and cauliflower florets are popular pickles, but many other products are commercially and domestically pickled, alone or in mixed varieties.
It used to be. A pickle is a cucumber that has been, well, pickled.
yes, a pickle is a cucumber
No. Cucumber is a fruit. The vinegar is made from apples, also fruit.
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Pickles are categorized as condiments, and not included as side dishes or vegetables when planning a menu. The word "pickle" refers to the manner of preservation; many types of fruits, vegetables, and even eggs and fish can be "pickled." The most common pickle in the USA is the cucumber pickle, which begins as a vegetable. (Scientifically, as the reproductive seed pod of the plant, the cucumber is a fruit, but for culinary uses, it is a vegetable.) Cucumber pickles may be sweet or sour, dill or garlic dill, mild or spicy.
Most are, like cucumbers, Okra, peppers, but eggs and pigs feet and sausages are also pickled.
It's called a vegetable because it was once a cucumber, which is a vegetable.
The pickle is actually a cucumber so it would be a vegetable
Vegetable + vinegar = pickle.
No they are not, but squash is a vegetable that can be pickled.
yes any vegetable but not a pickle
the cucumber i think. cuz after u pickle it, it becomes a pickle! lol
no they are not condiments
a favorite root vegetable grown on the island Barbados
Depends on the relish. The most common is pickle relish, being made of pickled cuccumbers. PCH= Pickle
Neither, it is an herb.
Pickle ball Squash
Pickles are generally made from cucumbers. Cucumbers are not a tuberous vegetable, rather they are the fruit of a vine or bush related to melons.