The pickled cucumber

A pickled cucumber, most often simply called a pickle in the United States and Canada, is a cucumber that has been pickled in a brine, vinegar, or other solutions and left to ferment for a period of time.
There are many different types of pickles:
- Gherkin
- Kosher dill
- Polish
- Lime
- Bread and butter
- Swedish and Danish
- Kool-Aid Pickles (a.k.a. "Koolickles")

My favourite way to eat pickles is to take a bite of a pickle and then cram plain chips into your mouth at the same time and then let the pickles and chips co-mingle in your mouth...it is awesome.

Nutrition
Like pickled vegetables such as sauerkraut and dilly beans, sour pickled cucumbers (technically a fruit) are low in calories. They also contain a moderate amount of vitamin K, specifically in the form of K1. One sour pickled cucumber "spear" offers 12-16 µg, or approximately 15-20%, of the Recommended Daily Allowance of vitamin K. It also offers about 4 calories, all of which come from carbohydrate. However, most sour pickled cucumbers are also high in sodium; one spear can contain 350-500 mg, or 15-20% of the recommended daily American limit of 2400 mg.
Sweet pickled cucumbers, including bread-and-butter pickles, are higher in calories due to their sugar content; one large gherkin may contain 25-40 calories. However, sweet pickled cucumbers also tend to contain significantly less sodium than sour pickles.

I hope you enjoyed learning about pickles as much as i have.