IMovedYourCheese t1_je88kik wrote on March 30, 2023 at 3:01 AM

Outside the USA "pickle" can refer to anything that is pickled, not just cucumbers. In India for example there are hundreds of varieties of pickles (and they are all delicious).

-manabreak t1_je8nf3l wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:28 AM

Funnily enough, "pickled <anything>" is used in Finland for just about everything else BUT pickled cucumbers. Here, they are called either "salt cucumbers" or "spice cucumbers".

Kaneida t1_je8qc9x wrote on March 30, 2023 at 6:03 AM

I think that is due to differentiate between what kind of pickling ingredients/methods have been used. To pickle something refers to marinating something in vinegar.

Gerninho t1_je8r485 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 6:13 AM

Yep. Pickles are called vinegar-cocumber in Germany.