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Definition of Gherkins
1. gherkin [n] - See also: gherkin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gherkins
Literary usage of Gherkins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cook's Guide, and Housekeeper's & Butler's Assistant: A Practical by Charles Elmé Francatelli (1867)
"TO PICKLE gherkins. gherkins are a very small prickly kind of cucumber; ...
Next boil sufficient vinegar to cover the gherkins in a copper pan with some ..."
2. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"... the fat and lean of fine ham, eggs, butter, herbs, and spice, as in the above.
Grenadier de Jll et de Sole.—Sole with forcemeat and gherkins. ..."
3. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1896)
"Unripe Cucumber Pickles (gherkins). Wipe four quarts small unripe cucumbers.
Put in a stone jar and add one cup salt dissolved in two quarts boiling water ..."
4. The Improved Housewife: Or Book of Receipts, with Engravings for Marketing by A. L. Webster (1855)
"gherkins. Put them in strong brine, and keep them where warm. When they turn
yellow, pour off the brine, and turn on hot vinegar. ..."
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