Comment on Can you survive on pickles alone, for a while?
Tatters@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Easy. If I was trapped in a recently abandoned pickle factory, then I would survive on the food in the staff canteen, starting with what had just been prepared, such as pizza and sandwiches; after a day or so I would move on to see what was in the refrigerators, and finally work my way up to the frozen food. Oh, by the way, when they abandoned the factory, they forgot to turn off the power, so all the perishables are still nicely preserved.
Also, lots of things can be pickled, not just cucumbers. The word “pickles” makes me immediately think of pickled onions. There is usually quite a bit of sugar in the picking vinegar.
LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Yes, but imagine it’s a pickle warehouse, like strictly a warehouse somewhere that houses product.
Also, I’m not sure where you live, but if a place in the US put pickled onions on your burger when you asked for pickles, I think we’d have a problem. “Pickles” without further context always means pickled cucumbers. That’s even how they’re labeled in supermarkets.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 10 months ago
Hell nah. Pickled onion is really good on a burger. I wish it was more common.
LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
I … I can’t … I … am I smoking salvia?
Pickled onions may be good if you ask for it. I’m not arguing about the flavor lmao. I’m saying 100% of people who ask for “pickles” without further elaboration are expecting pickled cucumbers because that’s what’s meant by “pickles” here in the US. It’s how they’re labeled on menus, packaging including jars, advertising, literature, movies, comics, and all other forms of media.
NO ONE anywhere in the US means “pickled onions” when they say “pickles.” No one.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 10 months ago
Oh lol. I was like “If I asked for onions and got picked onions that’d be awesome” not if I asked for pickles and got pickled onions. Yeah, that would be a problem. “Yo, where’s my pickle?”
Tatters@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Just as well that I am not in the US then.