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pickle

noun as in sticky situation

verb as in preserve fruit or vegetable

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As people in the audience spread their curtido, or pickled cabbage and carrots, on their pupusas, others await for their food with anticipation, while some choose to stick to drinks.

Her well-loved peanut butter lengua, little squares of braised tongue topped with grilled radish and pickled onion, arrived on a plate streaked with spicy peanut sauce.

Buffalo Chicken Fries: Spoonfuls of buffalo chicken dip, blue cheese crumbles, thinly sliced pickled radish, and scallions over crispy fries.

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The meal began with my favorite dish of the night: bone marrow with short rib marmalade, pickled mustard seeds, watercress salad, and crispy baguette.

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Back in June, I was relentlessly being fed recipes for summer’s hottest beverage: pickled lemonade.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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