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Mixed pickles are pickle
Pickle

Pickle or pickling may refer to:Food * Pickling, the process of preserving a food by soaking and storing it in vinegar or brine...
s made from a variety of vegetables mixed together in the same pickling process. Mixed pickles are eaten much like other pickles: in small amounts to add flavor and to accent a meal.

Mixed pickles occur in many different world cuisines.

In U.S. cuisine
Cuisine of the United States

The cuisine of the United States is a style of food preparation derived from the United States. The cuisine has a history dating back before the Colonial history of the United States when the Native Americans in the United States had a rich and diverse cooking style for an equally diverse amount of ingredients....
, a mixed pickle consists of vegetables typically including cucumbers, cauliflower
Cauliflower

Cauliflower is one of several vegetables in the species Brassica oleracea, in the family Brassicaceae. It is an annual plant that reproduces by seed....
, cut large onion
Onion

Onion is a term used for many plants in the genus Allium. They are known by the common name "onion" but, used without qualifiers, it usually refers to Allium cepa....
s, and bell pepper
Bell pepper

Bell pepper is a cultivar group of the species Capsicum annuum. Cultivars of the plant produce fruits in different colors, including red, yellow, green and orange....
s, as well as spices like garlic
Garlic

Allium sativum L., commonly known as garlic, is a species in the onion family Alliaceae. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, and chive....
, dill
Dill

Dill is a short-lived perennial plant herbaceous. It is the sole species of the genus Anethum, though classified by some botanists in a related genus as Peucedanum graveolens C.B.Clarke....
, allspice
Allspice

Allspice, also called Jamaica pepper, Kurundu, Myrtle pepper, pimento, or newspice, is a spice which is the dried unripe fruit of the Pimenta dioica plant, a tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico and Central America....
, and chili
Chili

Chili or Chilli may refer to:*Chili pepper*Chili con carne or chili, a spicy stew**Chili con carne#Vegetarian chili, chili without meat...
 peppers, suspended in vinegar
Vinegar

Vinegar is an acidic liquid processed from the fermentation of ethanol in a process that yields its key ingredient, acetic acid . It also may come in a diluted form....
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Mixed pickles are pickle
Pickle

Pickle or pickling may refer to:Food * Pickling, the process of preserving a food by soaking and storing it in vinegar or brine...
s made from a variety of vegetables mixed together in the same pickling process. Mixed pickles are eaten much like other pickles: in small amounts to add flavor and to accent a meal.

Mixed pickles occur in many different world cuisines.

In U.S. cuisine
Cuisine of the United States

The cuisine of the United States is a style of food preparation derived from the United States. The cuisine has a history dating back before the Colonial history of the United States when the Native Americans in the United States had a rich and diverse cooking style for an equally diverse amount of ingredients....
, a mixed pickle consists of vegetables typically including cucumbers, cauliflower
Cauliflower

Cauliflower is one of several vegetables in the species Brassica oleracea, in the family Brassicaceae. It is an annual plant that reproduces by seed....
, cut large onion
Onion

Onion is a term used for many plants in the genus Allium. They are known by the common name "onion" but, used without qualifiers, it usually refers to Allium cepa....
s, and bell pepper
Bell pepper

Bell pepper is a cultivar group of the species Capsicum annuum. Cultivars of the plant produce fruits in different colors, including red, yellow, green and orange....
s, as well as spices like garlic
Garlic

Allium sativum L., commonly known as garlic, is a species in the onion family Alliaceae. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, and chive....
, dill
Dill

Dill is a short-lived perennial plant herbaceous. It is the sole species of the genus Anethum, though classified by some botanists in a related genus as Peucedanum graveolens C.B.Clarke....
, allspice
Allspice

Allspice, also called Jamaica pepper, Kurundu, Myrtle pepper, pimento, or newspice, is a spice which is the dried unripe fruit of the Pimenta dioica plant, a tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico and Central America....
, and chili
Chili

Chili or Chilli may refer to:*Chili pepper*Chili con carne or chili, a spicy stew**Chili con carne#Vegetarian chili, chili without meat...
 peppers, suspended in vinegar
Vinegar

Vinegar is an acidic liquid processed from the fermentation of ethanol in a process that yields its key ingredient, acetic acid . It also may come in a diluted form....
. Mixed pickles may also be categorized as sweet or sour depending on the addition of a sweetening agent like sugar
Sugar

Sugar is a class of edible crystalline substances, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose. Human taste buds interpret its flavor as sweet. Sugar as a basic food carbohydrate primarily comes from sugar cane and from sugar beet, but also appears in fruit, honey, sorghum, sugar maple , and in many other sources....
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In British cuisine
British cuisine

English cuisine is shaped by the country's temperate climate, its island geography, and its history. The latter includes interactions with other European countries, and the importing of ingredients and ideas from places such as North America, China, and India during the time of the British Empire and as a result of World War II Immigration t...
, mixed pickles typically include small whole onions, gherkin
Gherkin

The Gherkin is a small cucumber type vegetable, usually of the same species as the cucumber , but of a different Race . They are usually picked when 3 to 8 cm in length and pickling in jars or cans with vinegar or brine to become a pickled cucumber....
s, and cauliflower. Some specific kinds of British mixed pickle are Branston pickle
Branston Pickle

File:Branston-Pickle-Relish-DE_Front.jpgBranston is a well known United Kingdom brand of savoury foods. They are most well known for their original Branston Pickle, a jarred Pickling relish first made in 1922 in the Branston, Staffordshire suburb of Burton upon Trent by Crosse & Blackwell....
 (more properly termed a relish
Relish

A relish is a cooking pickling, chopped vegetable or fruit food item which is typically used as a condiment. The item generally consists of discernible vegetable or fruit pieces in a sauce, although the sauce is subordinate in character to the vegetable or fruit pieces....
), and piccalilli
Piccalilli

Piccalilli is a pickling relish of chopped vegetables and spices; regional recipes vary considerably....
 (the latter also found in U.S. cuisine).

In Indian cuisine
Indian cuisine

The cuisine of India is characterized by its sophisticated and subtle use of many spices and vegetables grown across India and also for the widespread practice of vegetarianism across its society....
, a mixed Indian pickle
Indian pickle

Indian pickles are a variety of spicy pickled side dishes or condiments popular in the Indian Subcontinent, in Southeast Asia, and in many other areas among ethnically South Asian communities....
 is more likely to contain fruits (for example, mango
Mango

Mangoes belong to the genus Mangifera, consisting of numerous species of tropical fruiting trees in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae....
s and lime
Lime

Lime may refer to:...
s) as well as vegetables. Indian pickle is prepared using oil, unlike western pickles, and is more likely to use lemon juice or some other acid as a souring agent instead of vinegar. There are regional variations in spicing and in the ingredients.

Recipes for mixed pickles can also be found in Chinese cuisine
Chinese cuisine

Chinese cuisine originated from the various regions of China and has become widespread in many other parts of the world ? from Asia to the Americas, Australia, Western Europe and Southern Africa....
, Middle Eastern cuisine
Middle Eastern cuisine

Middle Eastern cuisine is the cuisine of the various countries and peoples of the Middle East. The cuisine of the region is diverse while having a degree of homogeneity....
, and many other world cuisines.

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See also

  • Indian pickle
    Indian pickle

    Indian pickles are a variety of spicy pickled side dishes or condiments popular in the Indian Subcontinent, in Southeast Asia, and in many other areas among ethnically South Asian communities....
  • Pickling
    Pickling

    Pickling, also known as brining or corning, is the process of preserving food by Anaerobic organism fermentation in brine , to produce lactic acid bacteria, or marination and storing it in an acid solution, usually vinegar ....
  • Chutney
    Chutney

    Chutney , is a term for a variety of sweet and spicy condiments, usually involving a fresh, chopped primary vegetable or fruit with added seasonings....
  • Giardiniera
    Giardiniera

    Giardiniera is an Italian cuisine or Italian-American cuisine relish of pickled vegetables in vinegar or cooking oil.Common vegetables in the Italian version, also called sotto aceti, include onions, celery, zucchini, carrots and cauliflower, pickled vegetables in red- or white-wine vinegar....