Pickle(r)

[Joel S. Berson]

At 8/23/2009 08:31 AM, David Metevia wrote:

>One more follow-up on this.  I went to the Midland Farmer's Market
>yesterday expecting to find some of the food stalls offering pickles
>and some offering pickling cukes.  However, every one of them had
>pickles for sale - only $1 per quart, BTW.

But were they *cucumbers*, or already pickled?  That is the question.

Joel

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