You know the green things that McDonalds put in all their burgers, that most people seem to just pick out anyway? Gherkin.
They're pickled cucumbers, and they're called gherkins. At least, they are here- dunno about other countries.
I believe it comes from the German word. And Americans call it a pickle because it's pickled cucumber. - - - Double Post Auto Merge - - - ...Aaand I've killed this thread with my possibly inaccurate facts.
I don't get the appeal of pickles. Cucumbers are nice as they are. Why would you want to drown it in sweat?
Actually, this one girl in class a while back taught us how to pickle pickles. Fun pickle fact: Pickles are actually pickled in the jar that they're sold in, that's why they are so hard to open.