How did pickles get the name pickles?

Answer 1

Bread and butter pickles got their name because bread and butter together are sweet. According to egullet.com, bread and butter pickles are named such because during the Depression, they were as regular a part of a diet as bread and butter. The difference between bread and butter pickles and sweet pickles is just a few ingredients. Sweet pickles use cinnamon, cloves, and allspice in a vinegar-sugar brine. Bread and butter pickles are made with turmeric. mustard, and onion in a vinegar-sugar brine. I looked for a definitive answer from some kind of pickle-expert, but wasn't able to find one. It seems as though the history of the name of Bread and Butter pickles is carried on through

Answer 2

Pickle probably came into English from the Dutch pekel meaning brine - salted water used for pickling - in the mid-fifteenth century, and described a sauce served with meat; by the beginning of the eighteenth century 'pickle' was recorded in English as meaning 'cucumber preserved in pickle'.

Answer 3

From the Middle Low German word, 'pekel' which denoted a spicy sauce.