Aha! I appreciate the explanation! I’ve never heard of such a thing and in the US our pickles are green. Brown pickles would be something well past the point of being safe to eat over here :)
We have the same thing you call “pickles”- we call them gherkins (and very small ones “cornichons”). We just have lots of other pickles too! Pickled onions, pickled cabbage, pickled carrots, pickled beetroot, pickled cockles, pickled eggs…
There are two things which we call pickles that are really more like a chutney- “sandwich pickle” (which is what this is; Branston pickle and its imitators) and “piccalilli” (which is bright yellow).
I actually thought it was marmite or vegemite at first, but I’ve never heard of either of those being called “pickle” so I figured it must be a different thing entirely.
Aha! I appreciate the explanation! I’ve never heard of such a thing and in the US our pickles are green. Brown pickles would be something well past the point of being safe to eat over here :)
We have the same thing you call “pickles”- we call them gherkins (and very small ones “cornichons”). We just have lots of other pickles too! Pickled onions, pickled cabbage, pickled carrots, pickled beetroot, pickled cockles, pickled eggs…
There are two things which we call pickles that are really more like a chutney- “sandwich pickle” (which is what this is; Branston pickle and its imitators) and “piccalilli” (which is bright yellow).
Someone show them marmite next…
I actually thought it was marmite or vegemite at first, but I’ve never heard of either of those being called “pickle” so I figured it must be a different thing entirely.