I'm in a Pickle! Trivia Quiz

Answer: cucumber

Belonging to the gourd family, cucumbers are usually separated into three different varieties - burpless, pickling or slicing. Cucumbers grown for pickling are usually about 3 inches long, and tend to have bumpy skin. Soaked in brine, or a brine mixture, they are known as gherkins, wallies, or simply pickles.

Answer: onion

Onions usually come in three different colors - red, white and yellow. They also can be sweet, mild-flavored or full-flavored. Almost any type of onion can be pickled, but there are some varieties grown to a smaller size just for pickling.
And, if peeling an onion makes your eyes tear up, try peeling the onion under running water.

Answer: egg

Eggs are laid not just by chickens, but chicken eggs are the type most commonly eaten by people. A pickled egg is generally hard-boiled, shelled, then put in a brine. Depending on the recipe, the eggs may remain in the brine for anywhere from a day to several months.

Answer: herring

Herring can be served in several different ways, including raw, smoked, fried, baked, cured - and of course, pickled. Rollmops consist of a pickled herring filet wrapped around a filling. You can use pickles, olives, onions pickled mushrooms, capers or any other filling of your choice.

Answer: watermelon

Watermelons are available in both seeded and seedless varieties. The flesh of a ripe watermelon can be red, yellow, orange or white, and is usually very sweet. The rind, which has a less pleasing flavor by itself, can be used as a preserve, or pickled.

Answer: mango

Ripe mangoes can be rather soft and pulpy, firm, or almost any texture in between the two extremes. They can be consumed in many ways - including as a fresh fruit, dried, in smoothies, as preserves, in stir-fries and curries. Unripe mangoes are often pickled, or used in chutneys, cooked side dishes, or even raw.

Answer: radish

The entire radish plant can be eaten, although the bulb or taproot is the part that most people consume. While they come in a variety of colors, red, white, or a combination of the two colors are the most common. Pickled radishes go well with other pickled vegetables, in salads, and eaten as a snack.

Answer: beet

Beets, which are also called beetroot, can be cooked, boiled, fried or roasted. Cooked beets can be sliced or chopped and added to other dishes including salads. Once cooked, usually by boiling, beets can be pickled in a brine made out of vinegar, sugar, salt, spices and other selected ingredients. Pickled beets can be eaten hot, cold or at room temperature.

Answer: pepper

Different types of peppers can have different names, different shapes sizes and colors, and different degrees of heat. The types of peppers most commonly used for pickling are sport, jalapeno, banana and bell peppers, although almost all peppers can be pickled.

Answer: True

Lemons can be pickled whole, or in pieces, Pickled lemons are usually soaked in a mixture of vinegar, salt and spices. There are several different recipes, but they all retain that 'zing' that is a lemon's trademark.