gherkins

• “When gathered young, they are called gherkins: these, pickled, are much used in seasonings.”

  The Book of Household Management

• “We used cornichons (small cucumbers or gherkins) that have been pickling for five months.”

  The Huffington Post: Garrett Weber-Gale: Momofuku Pork Buns Go Three Michelin Stars

• “It is meat (beef or, as in our family, corned beef), potatoes and beetroot all mashed together, with a fried egg on top and (optional) little brown prawns, together with a few gherkins.”

  The Guardian: Letters: Identity politics

• “Refreshments between treatments come in the form of cranberry juice, pickled herring and gherkins.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Latvia's Burgeoning Spa Scene

• “The main dish, or bouilli — a platter of boiled meats and mixed vegetables — follows with gherkins and a variety of mustards and sauces alongside.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The Pi

• “Tartare should be clean, sharp and, preferably, full of capers and gherkins.”

  The Guardian: Top 10 best budget restaurants in Cheltenham and Gloucester

• “Start by creating an image of a large jar of gherkins standing in the garden.”

  The Guardian: The lost art of total recall

• “If you want to remember a list of household objects – gherkins, cottage cheese, sugar and other items – then visualise them in an unforgettable manner, he says.”

  The Guardian: The lost art of total recall

• “Wonderful chopped liver ($6.50), studded with tiny slices of pickled gherkins, is slathered on top of more wonderful grilled bread.”

  The Huffington Post: Ed Levine: A Sandwich Shop Ups Its Game

• “Last week a senior CSU official likened FDP policies to those of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, continuing an exchange of invective in which the parties have branded each other "wild sows" and "a troop of gherkins.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Germany's Presidential Election Tests Merkel

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