Pickle(r)

[David Metevia]

They were indeed cucumbers.

On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Joel S. Berson<Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> At 8/23/2009 08:31 AM, David Metevia wrote:
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>>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.
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> But were they *cucumbers*, or already pickled?  That is the question.
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> Joel
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