It's called a pickle because you're actually pickling things. You can have pickled anything.
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But a prune is a dried date. If your finger gets dry it doesn’t prune. We should call something wrinkling in liquid a prune not a pickle.
It's called a pickle because you're actually pickling things. You can have pickled anything.
But a prune is a dried date. If your finger gets dry it doesn’t prune. We should call something wrinkling in liquid a prune not a pickle.