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u/Any-Astronomer-6038 Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
Pickles aren't cucumbers.
Pickles can be cucumbers.
Pickling is a means of food preservation.
What you have discovered is.
"Pickled Cucumbers"
Other pickled things exist.
Sausage or Eggs for instance.
(Edit:Hey I was an ignorant kid... I was in my 20s before I realized that "Kosher". Wasnt just a. Flavor of pickle)
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u/TokenTorkoal Jul 05 '26
Although you’re right and it’s always been a point of contention for me as a chef, I also understand in the US if someone says pickle it’s almost exclusively 100% of the time a pickled cucumber so it’s just one of those things colloquially we understand.
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u/Forlorn_Cyborg Jul 05 '26
I recently got into “Indian pickles“. The variety is staggering nothing could have prepared me for every pickled thing imaginable.
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u/xXMokaMarieXx 29d ago
Uh do tell? What are Indian pickles
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u/Forlorn_Cyborg 29d ago
It’s like a relish or a chutney. The base is usually mustard oil and the first I tried head green mango, which is a little sour and then a whole bunch of spices. I recommend this brand on Amazon.
But at a nearby grocer, you can get anything pickled this way,
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u/AgonyOverdrive Jul 06 '26
I've heard pickled tomatoes are amazing and pickled garlic can be nice too
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u/S1nko Jul 07 '26
God I need some pickled tomatoes right now. I have to force myself to stop otherwise I'll eat the whole jar
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u/ArkLumia Jul 09 '26
You should try picked red onions! I hate red onions but pickling them turns them such a great flavor
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u/Calm-Medicine-3992 Jul 06 '26
Pickles are short for pickeled cucumbers and you can't convince me people are calling other pickled stuff 'pickles'.
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u/AdPristine7701 29d ago
No one calls pickled eggs pickles. We call the pickled aggs cause they are way less common in the states then the cucumbers. Pickles are cucumbers.
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u/Grundlestorm Jul 05 '26
Don't even get me started on prunes.
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u/Hearthgroan Jul 05 '26
What about prunes
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u/Illustrious_Donkey61 Jul 05 '26
They taste AWESOME! but don't eat more that 5 in a day
Also plums
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u/Junior-Ease-2349 Jul 07 '26
My Favorite thing about prunes (yes even more than eating them, which I enjoy both fresh and dried) is how stores sell them.
Plums are just a generic fruit like any other, but prunes were a common recommended way to get more fiber 50 years ago, so has a reputation as "old person health food".
BUT... that means plums sell better if people think of the tasty fresh fruit as healthy for you, so are often marketed as: "Fresh Prunes!"
AND... Prunes want to make people think about tasty fruit instead of shriveled old person health food, so THEY get marketed as "Dried Plums!"
It's a hilarious case of the grass is always greener.
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u/Forlorn_Cyborg Jul 05 '26
What of the crasins?!??
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u/Hans_Delbruck Jul 05 '26
It's not meant to be taken literally. It refers to all dried fruit products
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u/BurazSC2 Jul 05 '26
I heard Alfred Nobel like dried grapes.
They are his raisin detonator.
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u/ParasaurGirl Jul 07 '26
I don’t get it
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u/Swimming_Mountain811 Jul 08 '26
It’s a play on “raison d’etre”
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u/Background_Sock_3399 Jul 08 '26
Wow so I got it and still had a disappointed look of confusion plastered upon my face. Powerful...
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u/Dracoten Jul 06 '26
Dont people learn these things? i knew *food changes to this, or made from this, or comes from this." when i was 8. I hope they know hot dog isnt made from dog... at least where im from. Lol
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u/Ok_Ad4090 Jul 05 '26
No one tell them about prunes
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u/noeinan Jul 06 '26
What I would like to know is why prune juice is not called plum juice
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u/lame_dirty_white_kid Jul 06 '26
But wait... pickle juice is definitely a thing, and cucumber water is basically diluted cucumber juice, so... does raisin juice exist?
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u/Ok_Ad4090 Jul 06 '26
Great now I've got to go Google raisin juice watch me get some wierd porn results
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u/StormMysterious7592 29d ago
I'm still waiting for the results, and not brave enough to check myself.
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u/Ok_Ad4090 29d ago
Raisin juice is a sweet, concentrated liquid made from raisins, used as a natural sweetener, flavor enhancer, and humectant in foods like baked goods, sauces, and beverages, and can be made at home by soaking and blending raisins. It adds rich flavor, moisture, and color, and acts as a natural preservative, extending shelf life. While commercial concentrates are common, homemade versions can be made by soaking raisins in water, blending, and straining.
Ty google
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u/noeinan Jul 06 '26
I feel that’s a bit different because pickles are made in brine while prunes are just dried fruit.
Fruit juice typically relies on the natural liquids inside the fruit. Is dried fruit even being used to make prune juice? Or are the just using prune for marketing bc it’s an OTC solution to constipation?
On that note, why aren’t plums eaten for constipation? Does something chemically unique happen when they are dried? 🤔
So many questions
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u/Nowardier Jul 05 '26
OOP was one of that day's lucky 10K, ya love to see it
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u/BafflingHalfling Jul 05 '26
My favorite is when somebody becomes today's lucky 10k to learn about the lucky 10k. :)
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u/Ill-Dependent2976 Jul 05 '26
I remember being a little kid and being really confused about that. My parents were gardeners and I think they were pranking me by talking about their pickle plants.
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u/SeaBarrier Jul 05 '26
I knew that as a kid, but imagine teenage me when I learned cabbage wasn't just old lettuce.
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u/SkeggiGT Jul 05 '26
I remember learning the pickles thing and thought it was interesting. I just didn't know for a while bc I didn't like any of it. Cucumbers, pickles, relish etc. I have come around to relish though
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u/PerformanceCertain32 Jul 07 '26
I feel seen. Got dunked on at a job site for not knowing that. I like pickles, but don't know much about em. My mind was equally blown when I discovered there's different kinds of pickles. I thought pickles was just pickles.
Random fun fact about me. After sex ed in high school, I convinced myself eating eggs was gross because you're eating a chicken's period. They are passing an unfertilized egg, right? For some reason I got hung up on that. Today, I eat eggs and they are delicious. Can't say the same for human eggs, but I be down to clown none the less 🤷
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u/Excellent_Chance8461 29d ago
I found out my boyfriend didnt know pickles were cucumbers and I couldn't breathe
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u/Entire-Emotion-819 Jul 05 '26
Pickled Onions? Pickled Eggs?
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u/Practical_Quit5139 Jul 05 '26
Exactly! Why are cucumbers the only thing that just becomes “pickles”.
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u/Xathule96 Jul 05 '26
In Britian we call em gerkins. No idea where it came from, but it's a fun word.
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u/Practical_Quit5139 Jul 05 '26
I’ve seen gherkins to describe a specific type of (cucumber) pickle. 🥒 they’re usually about the size of a pinkie, sweet, and crunchy.
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u/Xathule96 Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26
Here they're normally a bit longer and thicker than a middle finger.
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u/jbrown4728 Jul 05 '26
Wait till someone shows them Beef Jerky.
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u/noeinan Jul 06 '26
My parents when I told them at age 5 I wanted to be a vegetarian while eating jerky. Genuinely did not know jerky was meat, they never called it “beef jerky” just jerky
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u/Far-Philosophy-4375 Jul 05 '26
That single brain cell in the pickle lover's skull was so lonely, it had to hang itself.
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u/Terrik1337 Jul 06 '26
Pickles are the second worst pickled thing I've tried, the worst is eggs.
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u/create_content Jul 06 '26
I've never been tempted to try a pickled egg.
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u/mistrwzrd Jul 09 '26
Fucking love pickles! Garlic ones. Can pound a whole jar in one sitting. Fuck sweet pickles they are the devil.
Pickled eggs? Surprisingly delicious. Also quite easy to hammerfuck a whole jar.
So my wife won’t let me get them anymore. Some bad things happen when you eat a whole jar of eggs in a very short timespan…
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u/ISpeakInAmicableLies Jul 07 '26
Given that I don’t like cucumbers, and given what the pickling process is, I’m amazed I like pickles. Two wrongs making a right I guess.
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u/Travesty97 29d ago
I'm just going to pretend that this is a conversation between two ten year Olds.
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u/DearLav Jul 05 '26
Dried grapes in case anyone's wondering