Pickle

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Pickle or pickling may be:

Contents 1 Food 1.1 Colloquialism 1.2 Vegetables and fruits 1.3 Preservation 2 Sports and games 3 Other

[edit] Food

[edit] Colloquialism

• In the US and Canada, pickle usually refers to a pickled cucumber
• In the UK, pickle usually refers to a relish or sandwich pickle such as Branston Pickle.
  • However, when referred to in the plural, e.g. (a jar of) pickles, it tends to refer to a variant of the US/Canada version, but which can also contain cauliflower and onion as well as cucumber.

[edit] Vegetables and fruits

• Indian pickle, a type of pickle involving strong Indian spices (can involve lime, garlic, chili pepper and mango among others)
• Beni shoga and Gari (ginger), forms of pickled ginger, common in Japanese cuisine.
• Relish, a cooked or pickled sauce, usually made with vegetables or fruits, generally used as a condiment
• Types of pickled cucumber:
  • Dill pickle
  • Gherkin, sold mostly in British fish and chips shops
  • Polskie ogórki or "Polish cucumbers"

[edit] Preservation

• Pickling, food processing
• Embalming, the preservation of biological material other than food

[edit] Sports and games

• Pickle-in-the-middle, a three-person game, also known as monkey-in-the-middle
• Rundown, a type of play in baseball, is called a pickle
• Pickleball, a game with similarities to tennis

[edit] Other

• Pickling (metal), surface treatment with chemical solution
• Python programming language uses a serialization library called pickle.
• Drunkenness
• Pickle is also a derogatory term for those either serving in the military or those in an ROTC program. The term stems from the olive green pants and garrison caps cadets wear.
• Pickle is also used to describe being in a difficult situation "in a pickle".