pickle barrel
Cucumber storage vessel
A pickle barrel is a large wooden barrel traditionally used for storing and fermenting pickles in brine.
The image evokes old-fashioned general stores where customers would reach into communal barrels to fish out pickles.
The deli still keeps a pickle barrel by the counter.
The term sometimes appears in nostalgic or folksy contexts suggesting simpler times.
- brineWater saturated with sodium
- dillFeathery culinary herb
- vinegarAcidic cooking liquid
- crockCeramic storage container
- fermentedTransformed by microbial action
cucumber · sour · half sour · wooden · general store · country store · old country · staves · hoops · salty · spear · kosher · gherkin · lid · tongs · juice · crunch · garlic
- country storegeneral store, penny candy, cracker, potbelly stove, checkerboard
- general storecounter, cash register, ledger, checkerboard, potbelly stove
- old-fashionedantique, antiques, gramophone, phonograph, horse and buggy
- Shtetlrabbi, rebbe, shul, matchmaker, tailor
- Pickleskosher dills, kosher dill, gherkin, cornichon, cornichons
- folk containersbasket, jug, pot, jar, crock
container type/size
pickle barrelcanning jar
Sealable glass for preserving
Mason jar · tin can · pickle jar · Tupperware · snack pack
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