Someone tell me the truth behind pickles and cucumbers?

Question

If possible, provide a website.. if not thats okay.

My dad is insistant on believing that cucumbers come from pickles... where the rest of the world KNOW that pickles come from cucumbers

Thats why everywhere but the US + CAnada call them "Pickled Cucumbers" and not "pickles"

Right?

Well this whole thing started..when..
My dad bought some dill relish.. and hes like "yuck! This dill relish tastes like cucumbers.. They probably used older pickles in making them!"

And i said "...Dont you mean.. like.. younger? Or not sat in vinegar long enough?"

And hes going on about "zlol! no! Young cucumbers are pickles! You dont use big cucumbers for making pickles! When they are little you use them for pickles.. when they are older you use them for cucumbers! Thats why pickles are small and cucumbers are big!"

So someone tell me the truth behind pickles and cucumbers. Does it REALLY matter how big the cucumber is to make pickles? Or whatever cucumber you pickle becomes one??

Answer 1

Hahaha!... That's cute.

I'm pretty sure your dad is pulling your leg.

But, we use small cucumbers for pickles since they fit in the jar.

Answer 2

Cucumber is the plant that pickles are made from. You dad is telling you that young cucumbers are made into pickles. That is true in the sens that canning jars are only so big. You can make pickles out of large cukes but you just slice them or quarter them or cut them in half to fit the jars.

When a cuke gets real big,then you just skin them, slice them and put them in vinegar,oil, salt, pepper and onion over night and eat them cold from the frig the next day.Or use them in a salad.

There are types of cukes called pickling cucumbers ans they are meant to be picked earlier. I've canned pickles for a number of years and as long as you don't have huge cuke seeds in the mix, they are all good.

Answer 3

Neither are correct. The Iraq war and 9/11 had nothing to do with each other. The invasion of Afghanistan was the reaction to 9/11, while the operations in Iraq were a response to Saddam's violation of a couple dozen sanctions over the course of a decade. The plan to invade Iraq was actually pitched and drafted while Bill Clinton was still president, and it most likely would've happened no matter who the POTUS was in 2003. The US actually has to pay more for oil from Iraq now than we did before the invasion, but more importantly, we get almost none from them at all. Almost all of Iraq's oil goes to Europe and Asia. The Iraqi oil fields are owned by Iraq, not US companies. The reason we prioritized the immediate capture and security of the oil fields in the opening moments of the invasion was because we knew from 1991 that Saddam would try to destroy them rather than let us capture them, and our plan to rebuild the country relied heavily on keeping their primary economic asset in place. It's also worth noting that most of the coalition troops that secure the fields were not the American troops; they were Brits and a variety of special operations forces. The main reason the Iraq war turned into such a fiasco was because of an unforeseen civil war/power struggle that erupted between the Sunni and Shiite population that the coalition forces got caught in-between. The Sunnis initially supported Saddam since he had treated them better than the other two major groups, while Shiites tried to wait and see, and the Kurds actively took part in the invasion themselves as a US ally. Within a couple years, things changed dramatically. Several Shiite leaders (most notably Sadr) wanted revenge on the Sunnis for years of mistreatment, as well as the coalition for not leaving after kicking out Saddam. The Sunnis then started puckering up to the coalition and begged for protection, while the Kurds were only concerned with securing their own territory in the north. Eventually, the clan leaders had either been hunted down or otherwise forced to give up their antics following the US troop surge, so a relative peace ensued. Since then, and also during these events, the bigger threats are the foreign terrorist groups backed by Iran that are now trying to destabilize the country and install a Shiite government.

Answer 4

Sounds to me like your daddy is a farm boy. This argument is about semantics more than food. I have heard untreated cucumbers refered to as pickles before. So, in some ways you are both right and it is really a matter of definition. By the way, pickles may or may not be made by curing in vinegar. The traditional method is to ferment the raw cucumber in brine without the addition of vinegar.

Answer 5

Pickles are made from steeping cucumbers in vinegar and spices. Smaller and medium size cucs work the best. As for your dad, ask him why you can by pickled cabbage, onions, and eggs.

Answer 6

1. A cucumber and a pickel are one in the same, a pickel is a cucumber that has been "pickeled" in a pickeling liquid (vinegar, water, sugar, salt and spices.) Depending on how long the cucumbers have been in the liquid will determine the flavour of the pickels. The longer that sit the stronger they are. Any cucumber can be a pickel. Hope this helps.

Answer 7

you are both right. whatever size cucumber that is put in brine becomes a pickle, and usually the smaller ones are used.

Answer 8

Small cukes make small pickles; big cukes make big pickles. Ever had a nice kosher dill? Mmm...dill...

Answer 9

too long a story
get the cookbook out>>>