Fun Facts about Pickles

We’ve always love learning more and more about the amazing snacks that are pickles. Not only do they have a fascinating history, but also there’s a ton of facts that aren’t that well known. For instance, did you know that Shakespeare himself came up with the phrase “in a pickle”? If you think that’s wild, check out more fun pickle facts!

The Department of Agriculture estimates that the average American eats 8.5 lbs of pickles a year! How many do you think you eat a year?
30 out of 50 states in the US manufacture pickles every year.
Napoleon valued pickling so much that he offered a huge financial prize to anyone who could come up with a new way of preserving food. In 1809, Nicholas Appert won the award after learning that removing air from a container, then boiling it kept food from spoiling.
In Connecticut, the only way for a pickle to be considered a pickle, is if it bounces or not.
According to the US Supreme Court, like tomatoes, pickles are technically fruits.
November 14th is National Pickle Day.
Cleopatra credits pickles as the source of her renowned beauty.
George Washington had collected over 400 variations of pickles.
40% of all pickles produced in the United States during WW2 were rationed for soldiers.
In 2000, the Philadelphia Eagles credited their win over the Dallas Cowboys in smoldering heat due to drinking ice-cold pickle juice.
Elvis Presley was a huge fan of fried pickles.
At one point, people believed pickles were a good source of managing the acid levels in one’s body.
More than half of the cucumbers grown in the US are turned into pickles every year.
Kool-Aid pickles are a popular variation of pickles, in which you soak cut up pickles in Kool-Aid for a week.
Berrien Spring Michigan is the unofficial Pickle Capital of the World.
Christopher Columbus used pickles to prevent his sailors from getting scurvy, saving his crew and leading to Columbus arriving at North America.

For a lot of us, pickles are a part of our daily diet, and for others, it’s just the occasional snack. Regardless of how often you’re consuming pickles (potentially 9 lbs a year), you can’t deny how interesting they are! So what do you think? Does this article make you want to open up a fancy jar of pickles?

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