gherkin
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The gherkins “symbolized for me the last thing you have in your cupboards when you run out of everything. It starts from the last gherkin jar, and from there it all goes south.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2025
The burger came in a tiny brioche bun, with a gherkin topping and sweet maple-mustard sauce.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 5, 2017
The book spans generations, beginning with quirky Ottokar, a pickler from Znojmo, Moravia, “the gherkin capital of the Habsburg Empire.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2016
"We already have a giant gherkin in the City, now it looks as if we are going to have an enormous salt cellar as well," the Prince of Wales said in 2003.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2015
"Likes him, does she?" drawled Burr, sarcastically, and lifted a gherkin to his teeth.
From A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett by William Henry Venable
Dmyterko lines up jars of gherkins and tomatoes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
The gherkins “symbolized for me the last thing you have in your cupboards when you run out of everything. It starts from the last gherkin jar, and from there it all goes south.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2025
They issued an alert saying the melting middle - which is made of mustard and gherkins - "may maintain a high temperature once cooked" and could burn when customers bite into the burger.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2024
Kherson remains without electricity, running water or heating, but residents found some relief in being able to purchase Ukrainian pickled gherkins, dumplings, horseradish and other favourites.
From Reuters ● Nov. 20, 2022
To the south, the flowers give way to a patch of raveled gherkins.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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