So I just found out that a pickle ....

[WalkinTarget]

.... is actually a cucumber that's been in water and salt (brine) for a long time.



Did anybody else not know this ??? Nobody else in the office was this clueless, so I am now officially the sheltered 'pickle tree' guy ...

Somebody fess up and join my pickle ignorance club !!

[FieryDragon]

I knew but never told anyone b/c I was afraid to be the only one so +1 the the pickle tree for me!

[-Bar]

MY grandma used to make home made pickles when I was a kid...

[Premonition]

MY grandma used to make home made pickles when I was a kid...

Best pickles in the world to!
You've never have a sweet pickle until you had homemade pickles.

[BigTwinky]

MY grandma used to make home made pickles when I was a kid...

Best pickles in the world to!
You've never have a sweet pickle until you had homemade pickles.

Wow, you've had some of Bar's grandma's pickles? Small world


And yep, I knew a pickle was a cucumber. hehe. Sorry, everyone who knows is not allowed to tell those who don't know...its the pickle conspiracy. They are making a movie out of it.

[Minerva]

Re: So I just found out that a pickle ....

.... is actually a cucumber that's been in water and salt (brine) for a long time.



Did anybody else not know this ??? Nobody else in the office was this clueless, so I am now officially the sheltered 'pickle tree' guy ...

Somebody fess up and join my pickle ignorance club !!

And what do you think it was?

[darth_nevus]

rofl. did you know that raisens are grapes dried out?

[Storm_Shadow]

It was the summer of 1979 or so that I made this same discovery, WT!! Pickles were being made at home (by my DAD, no less), and the old geezer was just using little cucumbers from the garden. It was a defining moment... at the time.

rofl. did you know that raisens are grapes dried out?

Pfffft. :P - Next you'll be telling us that Prunes are just dried Plums or some such nonsense.

[WalkinTarget]

What did I think it was ?? Wellll, it was a pickle, wasn't it ?? I mean, I knew the grapes/raisins thing (shaddup Darth, you didn't know either).

Funny thing is, I'm not fond of cucumbers (maybe burpless), but I love pickles !! They don't taste salty, either. Sorry, I am (or at least I was) rather clueless and sheltered to some of the worlds lesser known facts.

Pickle lovers who know them as pickles and not wet, salty cucumbers - unite !!

[Apache Warrior]

I love home made bread and butter pickles.
Apache

[darth_nevus]

(shaddup Darth, you didn't know either).

oddly enough i did, and have for years. i didn't help my team make it to the quizbowl state championships for nothing...

All that useless knowledge i actually sought out as a kid has its uses from time to time.


FYI -- you know the Brine is a Bacteria laden solution that causes the "pickleing" right? or ever heard of a pickleing process? or just being pickled pink that you now know this?

[Minerva]

I love home made bread and butter pickles.
Apache

Ohh! I love making home made bread. Yesterday I made different kinds of breads that I took to the office so I shared some with my co-workers. I made black olives bread, orion bread, raisens and nuts bread and sunflower seed bread.

[Minerva]

What did I think it was ?? Wellll, it was a pickle, wasn't it ?? I mean, I knew the grapes/raisins thing (shaddup Darth, you didn't know either).

Hehe, you are funny.

[-Bar]

I love home made bread and butter pickles.
Apache

Ohh! I love making home made bread. Yesterday I made different kinds of breads that I took to the office so I shared some with my co-workers. I made black olives bread, orion bread, raisens and nuts bread and sunflower seed bread.

I WANT SOME !!!

[CarbonFire]

Also, Floridians are just dried up New Yorkers

Congrats on your exciting new adventure of discovery WT