Pickle
Encyclopedia
Pickling
Pickling
Pickling, also known as brining or corning is the process of preserving food by anaerobic fermentation in brine to produce lactic acid, or marinating and storing it in an acid solution, usually vinegar . The resulting food is called a pickle. This procedure gives the food a salty or sour taste...

is a process of preserving food. Pickle or pickling may refer to:

Food

  • Pickled cucumber
    Pickled cucumber
    A pickled cucumber is a cucumber that has been pickled in a brine, vinegar, or other solution and left to ferment for a period of time, by either immersing the cucumbers in an acidic solution or through souring by lacto-fermentation.-Gherkin:A gherkin is not only...

  • Pickled onion
    Pickled onion
    Pickled onions are a popular pickled food consisting of onions pickled in a solution of vinegar and salt, often with other preservatives and flavourings. In the United Kingdom they are often eaten alongside fish and chips or as part of a ploughman's lunch...

  • Pickled herring
  • Indian pickle
    Indian pickle
    Indian pickles are made from certain individual varieties of vegetables and fruits that are chopped into small pieces and cooked in edible oils like sesame oil or brine with many different Indian spices like asafetida, red chili powder, turmeric, fenugreek and plenty of salt. Some regions also...

     includes oil-based food preservation
  • Branston (food) and similar sweet pickle relishes

Metalworking

  • Pickling (metal)
    Pickling (metal)
    Tarnision is a metal surface treatment used to remove impurities, such as stains, inorganic contaminants, rust or scale from ferrous metals, copper, and aluminum alloys. A solution called Tarnision liquor, which contains strong acids, is used to remove the surface impurities...

    , a treatment of metallic surfaces in order to remove impurities, stains, rust or scale

People

  • J. J. Pickle (1913–2005), American representative from Texas
  • William H. Pickle
    William H. Pickle
    William H. Pickle was the 37th United States Senate Sergeant at Arms. He was sworn in on March 17, 2003 after a lifetime of public service, especially relating to the security of the institutions of the United States, and served until Terrance W...

    , 37th United States Sergeant at Arms

Sports and games

  • Rundown
    Rundown
    A rundown, also called a pickle, is a situation in the game of baseball that occurs when the baserunner is stranded between two bases and is in jeopardy. When the base runner attempts to advance to the next base, he is cut off by the defensive player who has a live ball and attempts to return to...

    , a situation in baseball that is sometimes referred to as a pickle
  • Pickleball
    Pickleball
    Pickleball is a racquet sport which combines elements of badminton, tennis, and table tennis. The sport is played on a court with the same dimensions as a doubles badminton court. The net is similar to a tennis net, but is mounted two inches lower...

    , a game with similarities to tennis
  • Pickle-in-the-middle, a three-person game

Technology

  • In Oracle Database
    Oracle Database
    The Oracle Database is an object-relational database management system produced and marketed by Oracle Corporation....

     collections of object are converted in tables using an internal function named pickler fetch
  • The Penguin Client Library(PCL), pronounced as Pickle, an open source PHP client library to assist with development of 3rd party clients for the MMORPG Club Penguin
    Club Penguin
    Club Penguin is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game involving a virtual world containing a range of online games and activities, by Club Penguin Entertainment . Players use cartoon penguin-avatars and play in a winter-set virtual world...

  • The Python computer programming languages pickle module
    Pickle (Python)
    In the computer programming language Python, pickle is the standard mechanism for object serialization; pickling is the common term among Python programmers for serialization . Pickle uses a simple stack-based virtual machine that records the instructions used to reconstruct the object...

    , an implementation of serialization

Vessels

  • HMS Pickle
    HMS Pickle
    Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pickle:*The first Pickle was a 10-gun topsail schooner purchased in 1800, originally named Sting, and renamed in 1802...

    , various ships of the British Royal Navy
  • Pickle (ship)

Other

  • The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, a 1751 novel by Tobias Smollett
  • The John Pickle Company
    John Pickle Company
    The John Pickle Company, Inc. is a Tulsa, Oklahoma based oil industry parts manufacturer. The Tulsa factory closed in September 2002. The company currently has operations in Kuwait, John Pickle Middle East, the pressure-vessel division of Kuwait Pipe Industries and Oil Services Company .The...

    , an Oklahoma based oil industry parts manufacturer
  • Pickle Family Circus
    Pickle Family Circus
    The Pickle Family Circus was a small circus founded in 1974 in San Francisco, California, USA. The circus formed an important part of the renewal of the American circus. They also influenced the creation of Cirque du Soleil in Montreal...

    , a small circus founded in 1974 in San Francisco, California, USA
  • Pickle Lake, Ontario
    Pickle Lake, Ontario
    Pickle Lake is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the most northerly community in the province that has year-round access by road. Located north of Thunder Bay, highway access is via Highway 599, the only access road to the town from the south. More northerly communities rely...

  • Skankin' Pickle
    Skankin' Pickle
    Skankin' Pickle was an American ska punk band formed in San Jose, California that was active from 1989 to 1996.-Biography:Skankin' Pickle first formed in December 1988, made up of students from Westmont High School and Los Gatos High School. The band played their first show on April 28, 1989,...

    , a California ska punk band
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK