So I just found out that a pickle...

Mr Pickles

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Is actually a cucumber that's been in water and salt (brine) for a long time. I always just throught there was a pickle bush somewhere!
 

Mr Pickles

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yarly. someone just said something about kosher pickles and so I googled about what makes a pickle kosher and read that it's just a freaking cucumber!
 

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Then this is gonna blow your mind....

A Raisin is a Dried Grape..... It's True, catch your breath!
 

lokiju

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Originally posted by: MrLee
Is actually a cucumber that's been in water and salt (brine) for a long time. I always just throught there was a pickle bush somewhere!

Shens?

Please?
 

Mr Pickles

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Originally posted by: lokiju
Originally posted by: MrLee
Is actually a cucumber that's been in water and salt (brine) for a long time. I always just throught there was a pickle bush somewhere!

Shens?

Please?

I'm not kidding at all. I've seriously never known that. I'm not an idiot, this just little tidbit of info slipped through the cracks. Cucumbers are always so much larger then pickles so I guess I just never put 2 and 2 together.
 

FoBoT

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Originally posted by: MrLee
Originally posted by: lokiju
Originally posted by: MrLee
Is actually a cucumber that's been in water and salt (brine) for a long time. I always just throught there was a pickle bush somewhere!

Shens?

Please?

I'm not kidding at all. I've seriously never known that. I'm not an idiot, this just little tidbit of info slipped through the cracks. Cucumbers are always so much larger then pickles so I guess I just never put 2 and 2 together.

the subspecies of cucumber they use to make pickles are smaller than the type of cucumbers they use for salads and other things

ie they are special cucumbers that are generally smaller that are used for most pickles
 

Anubis

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Originally posted by: MrLee
Originally posted by: lokiju
Originally posted by: MrLee
Is actually a cucumber that's been in water and salt (brine) for a long time. I always just throught there was a pickle bush somewhere!

Shens?

Please?

I'm not kidding at all. I've seriously never known that. I'm not an idiot, this just little tidbit of info slipped through the cracks. Cucumbers are always so much larger then pickles so I guess I just never put 2 and 2 together.

you can "pickle" anything

smaller cuces are used because they taste better
 

Mr Pickles

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Originally posted by: Invisible Evil
Then this is gonna blow your mind....

A Raisin is a Dried Grape..... It's True, catch your breath!

I knew that. Just because there are so many versions of dried things like dried fruit, prunes, raisins and whatnot. And the only things that I know get pickled are like pigs feet and eggs and stuff. I think its because they aren't called pickled cucumbers.. just pickles.
 

Demon-Xanth

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You want to know something that'll really blow your mind?

Girl scout cookies don't contain real girl scouts.
 

Mr Pickles

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Seriously I'm going to head to 7-11 at lunch and get a giant pickle and marvel for a bit before I eat it.
 

FoBoT

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Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
You want to know something that'll really blow your mind?

Girl scout cookies don't contain real girl scouts.

and baby food isn't made out of babies
 

IceBergSLiM

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Originally posted by: FoBoT
Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
You want to know something that'll really blow your mind?

Girl scout cookies don't contain real girl scouts.

and baby food isn't made out of babies

and buffalo wings contain 0% buffalo :brokenheart::frown: