Sour Pickle
A pickled cucumber (commonly known as a pickle in Canada, and the United States or generically as gherkins in the UK) is a cucumber that has been pickled in a brine, vinegar, or other solution and left to ferment for a period of time, by either immersing the cucumbers in an acidic solution or through souring by lacto-fermentation.
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Famous quotes containing the words sour and/or pickle:
“Do I terrify?—
The nose, the eye pits, the full set of teeth?
The sour breath
Will vanish in a day.”
—Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)
“Life. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.”
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)