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How many Gherkins is too many in a salad?

54 replies

lisbet679 · 22/08/2019 11:57

I've been chopping up 2 for a salad - and wondered if any more would just spoil it.

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lisbet679 · 22/08/2019 12:48

Oh dear @managedmis the salad I've just had had both those ingredients in as well. And yup - like all of that too.

Never used to appreciate celery either though

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bellinisurge · 22/08/2019 12:49

Me love gherkins. Sadly dd hates them so I have to be very sneaky in my gherkin consumption.

YesQueen · 22/08/2019 12:50

I get a small McFlurry container of them every time I go to McDonald's so I'm in the more is more camp
Also that Domino’s cheeseburger pizza with them on is SO GOOD

Camomila · 22/08/2019 12:51

If you like gherkins google 'insalata di riso' lots of gherkins and tiny pickled onions in those! Yum Smile

JayeAshe · 22/08/2019 12:53

Gherkins are wasted in a salad. Grin Eat Aldi's chilli gherkins straight from the jar. Kills any sugar craving stone dead. 😈

managedmis · 22/08/2019 12:53

Now pickled onions I can get along with

ElizaDee · 22/08/2019 13:04

Now at the grim old age of 55 I am embracing the gherkin. I love the smell when you open the jar. I think I might be missing some important mineral in my diet that the gherkin is providing.

Drinking pickle juice is a health thing apparently.

I was always told as a child that if you drank too much vinegar it would dry your blood up.

Confused
pollywollydoodler · 22/08/2019 13:05

As Frank Skinner said "food is just a vehicle for pickles"
Put all the pickles you have on a lettuce leaf 😋

Stravapalava · 22/08/2019 13:05

I love gherkins. I'd happily eat a gherkin salad! My DBro and I used to eat a jar between us as children.

chillychicken · 22/08/2019 13:09

Gherkin lovers: try a tuna mayo and gherkin sandwich or wrap. Tis the bees knees. Even better if you pop some black olives in too.

ILikeyourHairyHands · 22/08/2019 13:28

I was just about ti recommend chopped gherkins is tuna mayo Chilly, along with chopped red onion.

Might have it for lunch now.

ThePolishWombat · 22/08/2019 14:26

Yes @chillychicken and HairyHands!!!

Tuna mayo, chopped red onion, chopped gherkin and red peppers, loaded into a baguette with whatever salad leaves you fancy Grin The lunch of champions!!!

Spoonsmum · 22/08/2019 14:31

All of them. All the gherkins. Love them. Or just eat them straight out the jar. Delicious.

AwdBovril · 22/08/2019 14:33

You can never have too many gherkins. Yum.

chocolatespiders · 22/08/2019 14:36

Never thought to add to a salad but will now. Any recommendations of where to buy?

Pret do an amazing Veggie New Yorker on rye bread with gherkins which is delicious!

SilverySurfer · 22/08/2019 15:04

Zero is the perfect number. What would possess anyone to put the putrid things in a salad?

MrsTishellsNeckBrace · 22/08/2019 15:40

One is too many.

drsausage · 22/08/2019 15:42

Gherkins are the Marmite of the vegetable world huh?

I'm in the 'zero is still too many' camp.

But, have you tried bread and butter pickles? A US thing I think. I actually like them, and I am a commited gherkin hater.

Disfordarkchocolate · 22/08/2019 15:44

1 is too many. Why would you add heroin to anything?

Disfordarkchocolate · 22/08/2019 15:46

I think that maybe the best autocorrection I have ever posted.

flowery · 22/08/2019 15:48

One wally is too many.

vampirethriller · 22/08/2019 15:50

There's no such thing as too many gherkins!

drsausage · 22/08/2019 15:50

I think that maybe the best autocorrection I have ever posted.

I did actually laugh out loud Grin

LiveFatsDieYoGnu · 22/08/2019 15:51

All of the gherkins is the correct amount, in anything.

Disclaimer: I am pregnant Grin

Summersunshine2 · 22/08/2019 15:52

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