Pickle

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Pickle or pickling may refer to:

In Food:

• Pickling, the process of preserving a food by soaking and storing it in a brine
• Pickled cucumber, most commonly referred to as a pickle in the US and Canada
  • Gherkin, sold mostly in British fish and chips shops
  • Polish style pickled cucumber
  • Indian pickle, a type of pickle involving strong Indian spices
• Mixed pickle, various pickled fruits and vegetables (invariably including chili peppers) suspended in vegetable oil, common Indian cuisine
• Beni shoga and Gari (ginger), forms of pickled ginger, common in Japanese cuisine
• Relish, a cooked or pickled sauce, usually made with vegetables or fruits, generally used as a condiment, commonly referred to as pickle in the UK. In the UK pickle can also refer to Sandwich pickle or Branston Pickle however, when referred to in the plural, e.g. (a jar of) pickles, it tends to refer to a variant of the US/Canada version, but which can also contain cauliflower and onion as well as cucumber.

In Sports:

• Pickle-in-the-middle, a three-person game, also known as monkey-in-the-middle
• Rundown, a type of play in baseball, is called a pickle
• Pickleball, a game with similarities to tennis

In Metalworking:

• Pickling (metal), surface treatment with chemical solution

In Computer programming:

• Python programming language uses a serialization library called pickle

In Literature/art/pop culture:

• The state of being in a confounding situation, much like a catch 22 or between a rock and a hard place
• The catchphrase of the popular Harry Potter podcast MuggleCast

See also:

• Pickelhaube, a Prussian spiked helmet worn in the 19th century