Talk:Pickled cucumber

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Contents 1 Mugglecast? 2 Thomas Jeffreson 3 Pickled snakes? 4 Good Eats 5 types of pickles 6 WWII US pickle percentage 7 Other Pickle 8 drinking pickle juice 9 Just USA and Canada? 10 Herbs, Spices, and Seasonings 11 Pickled in BRINE??

[edit] Mugglecast?

Don't see what on earth mugglecast has to do with pickles. removed the link from the page.

70.48.169.233 03:25, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

No clue, people keep adding it --AW 21:51, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thomas Jeffreson

The last line ("Pickles were invented in 1765 by Thomas Jeffreson, who made a batter of eggs and horseradish, and deepfried carrots in it.") seems a little suspicious, given that earlier in the article it mentions pickles date back thousands of years. Is this a specific kind of pickle? --24.148.136.192 01:07, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I took it out. — Pekinensis 04:03, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Pickled snakes?

Trust me, snakes are never pickled for their meat. These "pickled snakes" are prepared to have the snakes' venom dissolved in the rice wine. The drinker takes the rice wine. Snake venom is protein-based which does not dissolve in water and alcohol well. But people do believe in its medical effects. The logic behind it is similar to herb vinegars. -- Toytoy 10:56, Mar 28, 2005 (UTC)

In Okinawa, they put poisonous snakes (Habu) in strong sake for snake's herbal effects but they are not doing this to eat pickled snake meats. So I'm moving the link to the "See also" section. --Revth 03:11, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Good Eats

I saw an episode of "Good Eats" on pickles which mentioned every fact in this article. Which borrowed from which?

[edit] types of pickles

I came here hoping to find information on the various types of pickles, i.e. what makes "Dill pickles, gherkin, bread and butter, kosher dill, sour dills (in original brine), polski ogorki, baby dills, deli pickles, sandwich pickles, relish, pickle cocktail, garlic pickles, polish pickles..." different from one another. Another, and a little more info about different countries' different pickles. Also, ther eis no mention of pickled ginger which is a common side with sushi. Maybe someone can add this? --Mista-X 8 July 2005 05:02 (UTC)

I added some information on various types of pickles but does anyone know what 'polski ogorki' pickles are? Bluelion 02:50, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

'Polski Ogórki' means 'Polish cucumbers' - literally. I've been living in Lower Silesia in Poland for some 4 years now and I can tell you that around here that expression is meaningless. There are basically 3 varieties of preserved cucmbers; half-salty (preserved in brine with garlic for a couple of weeks), sour (these are the half-salty well after a couple of weeks: canned after brining), and finally those preserved in vinegar. The expression 'Polski ogórki' encompasses at least these three types of pickles.

That's good to know. I suspected that the explaination of 'Polski ogórki' might be something simple like that.Bluelion 17:52, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] WWII US pickle percentage

"During World War II, forty percent of the pickles produced in the US went to the armed forces."

Does anyone know the percentage of the population involved in the war? That can change around what this means quite a bit.

About 12% of the population apparently. Rmhermen 04:58, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Other Pickle

Pickle can mean anything from lime pickle to branston pickle, there shouldn't be a redirect page to "pickled cucumber" just because that is a slang term for one. Cokehabit 14:05, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] drinking pickle juice

There are many rumors as to the properties of pickle juice, that is, the juice from packaged pickled cucumbers. It is said to be electrolyte high and function the way sports drinks do. Anybody know anything about this? If salt is an electrolyte, then it's at least that much true. 66.41.66.213 03:52, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

It would be way too salty to be a good sports drink. Amcfreely 03:53, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Just USA and Canada?

Having eaten pickled cucumber here in UK all my life, I find the opening para remark "popular ... in USA and Canada" somewhat puzzling - particularly since there are remarks about Napoleon et al in the article itself. A Google reveals that Scandinivia also eats it - among many other European countries. I would prefer that phrase be removed Peter Shearan 06:12, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Herbs, Spices, and Seasonings

Why is there a related articles table for Herbs, Spices, and Seasonings? A pickle is none of these (and, as such, does not appear in the table). -Juansmith 16:18, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

I don't know (I guess we should remove it), but you added "Insert formula here" to the top of this talk page, disrupting the formatting. Please be more careful. —Keenan Pepper 08:32, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pickled in BRINE??

What? Brine? How the heck can you pickle anything in brine? You use vinegar to pickle, not brine! All the pickled gherkins in the UK are in vinegar at least.--▫Bad▫harlick♠ 08:50, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

That's quite not true - all pickles use brine. The vinegar is added to give a more sour taste. Personally I prefer pickles without any vinegar, but it's hard to find in the US. In Israel they have two kinds: pickles in salt, and pickles in vinegar, and it's easy to choose which ever you prefer. But even the vinegar pickles have brine too. Ariel. 00:33, 13 February 2007 (UTC)