Posted on 11/14/2022 6:20:28 AM PST by Red Badger
NATIONAL PICKLE DAY | NOVEMBER 14
National Pickle Day recognizes the tart, sometimes sweet, and even spicy pickle. Each year on November 14th, pickle lovers pop open pecks of their preferred preserved pickle. It may be a Dill, Gherkin, Cornichon, Brined, Kosher Dill, Polish, Hungarian, Lime, Bread and Butter, Swedish and Danish, or Kool-Aid Pickle. No matter your choice, eat them all day long.
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The term pickle comes from the Dutch word pekel, meaning brine. In the United States, the word pickle typically refers to a pickled cucumber. However, just about any fruit or vegetable can be pickled.
The process typically starts with a blanching process, depending on the fruit or vegetable. Then the product is packed into jars with seasonings that will give the pickles their flavor. They can be spicy, tart, or sweet. However, the tartness and sweetness come from the brine. A basic brine includes vinegar and water. Various amounts of sugar adjust the level of sweetness in the brine.
Pickle Facts
We consume a phenomenal 5,200,000 pounds of pickles each year in the United States. While pickles can be high in sodium, they are a good source of vitamin K. In moderation, they make a great snack.
Food vendors sometimes serve pickles on a stick at fairs or carnivals. They are known as stick pickles. A rising trend in the United States is deep-fried pickles. The pickle is wrapped in dough or dipped in breading and deep-fried.
The popularity of the pickle dates back thousands of years to 2030 B.C. At that time, traders imported cucumbers from India to the Tigris Valley. Here the people first preserved and ate the cucumbers as pickles. Cleopatra attributed her good looks to her diet of pickles.
Even Julius Caesar craved the benefits of pickles. He believed pickles lent physical and spiritual strength and gave them to his troops.
Snack on a pickle to celebrate,but don’t stop there. This snack is multipurpose. They make delicious additions to salads and sandwiches. Grind them up and make a relish. Experimenting with pizza? Top it with some pickles. If your Sloppy Joe is missing a little zing, add some pickles. While not everything is better with pickles (ice cream?), a little experimentation goes a long way with pickles.
HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL PICKLE DAY
Try tasting pickled carrots, cauliflower, or watermelon. Even some proteins are pickled, such as eggs. What’s your favorite kind of pickle? Sweet, spicy, dill? Let us know by using #NationalPickleDay and posting on social media.
Educators, visit the National Day Calendar Classroom for project ideas, puzzles and more to use in your classroom.
NATIONAL PICKLE DAY HISTORY
While this holiday has been celebrated for 70 years on various days, National Day Calendar has not identified the founder of the day. However, in 1949, the first observance began with encouragement from the Pickle Packers Association.
I’ve never figured out what they are called “Bread and Butter pickles”!...............
Clausen hot dill, Mt olive hot dill and if you can find them green mango punjabi pickles are wow
Purchased 4 jars, different brands and types last week. Can never seem to find the basic Heinz kosher dill. Grew up near their pickle plant in Holland, MI.
Marzetti makes good pickles too
Most grocery stores limit their shelf space to one ‘National’ Brand and their ‘Store’ brand, nowadays............
If I had a nickel for every “national pickle day” announcement, I’d have a nickel
Love b&b pickles, a d refrigerator pickles too
I buy the Vlasic Spicy Bread and Butter pickles, they go great on a salami and onion samich with mustard n mayo n lettuce n tomato.
The ones in my refrigerator say “Bread and Butta”
Have no idea - but I know my grandmother used this term as well for these small, sweet pickle slices.
Going to have them today on my Black Forest ham sandwich!
Of course, chow-chow relish tops them all. It's not a pickle, but it's somewhat pickled I think.
They’re easy to make, but pickling cukes can be hard to find (and expensive) unless you live in a more rural setting. When jarred pickles are BOGO at Publix, you can’t possibly make them for less.
Sounds cukey.
We grow a pretty good Barden so have plenty of pickling cukes. The refrigerator pickles are easy to make, and we .ove em for sandwhiches. It’s kinda hard finding pickels without garlic in them around us- i can’t do garlic- makes me ill, and the smaller stores around d us don’t carry large selections of pickles, and they usually carry garlic ones beczuse that is what most folks want, so we just make our own without the garlic. I could I suppose buy online though. But we do like home grown stuff.
Okey-dokey artichokey!...............
Thanks!......................👌
I nominate Brandon as the pickle mascot, but Joe is a turd, my bad.
Industrial strength!
I’d rather eat pickles than be in one!😋
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