{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Glossary","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary","author_name":"Glossary","author_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/","title":"Pickle - Definition of Pickle","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"F3paWZsP5B\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/pickle\/\">Pickle<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/pickle\/embed\/#?secret=F3paWZsP5B\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Pickle&#8221; &#8212; Glossary\" data-secret=\"F3paWZsP5B\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"A medium or bath used for cleaning, preserving, maintaining, or processing.The word pickle derives from the Dutch word pekel, meaning sharp-tasting, which in turn probably traces its origin back to an Indo-European source, pronounced something like piko, that meant sharp or pointed. The same Indo-European source also gave rise to a host of other words, many of them foodrelated. For example, it became the Latin pica, meaning magpie, a bird with a sharp and pointed beak; through a strange route, this Latin pica eventually gave rise to the English word pie as in apple pie. The Indo-European piko also became the Latin picus, meaning woodpecker, which seems to have evolved into the French word pique, originally the name of a sharp weapon; in the thirteenth century English adopted this French pique as pike and used it both as the name of a medieval weapon and of a fish with a pointy pike-like head. The diminutive of pike\u2014pickerel\u2014became the name of a smaller and more tasty fish in the mid fourteenth century. The French pique also developed into the French verb piquer, which had many shades of meaning: it could mean to sting, which gave rise to the word piquant, meaning sharp-tasting; it could mean to stick in, which prompted the culinary term piquer, the action of inserting bacon into another food before cooking it; and it could even mean to pick\u2014after all, we \"point\" at what we are \"picking\"\u2014which inspired piquenique, an outdoor dinner for which everyone \"picked\" a favourite food to bring. Piquenique was adopted by English as picnic in the mid eighteenth century but within a hundred years it lost its original sense of \"picking\" a favourite dish and came to signify any outdoor, informal repast. Finally, the French piquer also seems to be the source of peck\u2014something magpies and woodpeckers do\u2014which developed in the late eighteenth century into peckish, the condition of being so hungry that you want to \"peck\" at a bit of food.The process of soaking food items in a solution of brine, vinegar, spices, or similar substances, primarily for the purposes of flavor enhancement and preservation.In the realm of culinary preservation, the term \"pickling\" encompasses a wide array of vegetables and fruits. This process involves immersing the chosen produce in a brine solution infused with flavorful ingredients, allowing them to steep and undergo transformation over different durations. The primary objective behind pickling is to preserve the ingredients, extending their shelf life while imbuing them with unique and enticing flavors."}