What food group does pickeles belong to?

[SpamalotDiva]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 12:59pm

I am eating pickles and I thought huh... I have no idea what food group they belong in? Anyone know?

Sammi

[JLY's Jersey Gal]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 1:04pm

Veggies.

[JLY's Jersey Gal]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 1:04pm

*double post*

Updated On: 11/26/06 at 01:04 PM

[lovelyspotlight]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 1:18pm

Yeah, they're vegetables...and if you're wondering what kind, they're cucumbers. Of course a lot has been done to change their wholesome cucumberness, but that's why they're veggies.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 1:25pm

This past thread may be of some assistance:

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardname=off&thread=907674

Updated On: 11/26/06 at 01:25 PM

[SNAFU]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 1:56pm

Actually I believe a cucumber is classified as a fruit. It is a riped ova from a flowering plant that contains seeds. Tomatos, pumpkins, squashes are all fruits.

[best12bars]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 2:11pm

Actually, I think because it's basically been stripped of most of its nutritional value via curing, soaking, etc., and is used primarily to accent or spice something else up... it's a condiment.

Many condiments are made up of fruits or veggies and other ingredients that have been "treated" to be something else.

It's like saying salsa is a fruit or a veggie... or ketchup... or sauerkraut.

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 2:16pm

No Best12! It's catsup!

[lovelyspotlight]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 2:19pm

Good point, Best12.

[best12bars]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 2:22pm

Fabrizio2--Oh, yes, my apologies!

[TomMonster]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 2:44pm

Pickles and Sauerkraut are both veggies not condiments.

Very little but salt and vinegar are added to cure them, so the nutritional value is still intact. (Cucumbers don't have much to offer, except crunch and few calories, but Sauerkraut is actually really good for you--sailors used it for centuries to prevent scurvy and other disorders.)

Posted: 11/26/06 at 7:05pm

Condiment is not a food group. The food groups are:

grains, vegetables & fruits, fats and oils, milk and dairy products, meat, beans, fish, and nuts

Pickles are preserved cucumbers and so fall into the Fruit/Vegetable category. They are high in sodium, but are pretty OK other than that. Most pickles are made by making a brine and preserving the cucumbers in that, with the addition of (sometimes) Sugars, acids and other flavoring agents. You can also pickle some fruits (tomatoes, watermelon rind) but those are usually specified in the name: "Watermelon Pickles" or Pickled Okra for example.

Saurkraut is even simpler to make: Simply shread cabbage and layer it in a cool place with Salt. The cabbage feremnts and becomes Sauerkraut. It can then be canned or refrigerated and stored for a long time.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 7:19pm

I like pickled cherry tomatoes.

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 7:20pm

Is there actually a such thing as pickled eggs? Or am I thinking of deviled eggs?

[TomMonster]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 7:27pm

There are both pickled and deviled eggs.

Pickled are stored in a brine; deviled are cooked, the yolk than whipped with mayo and/or other things and put back in the cooked whites.

[Jane2]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 9:47pm

Now I'm in the mood for a pickle! I'm glad to hear that what little nutritional value cucumbers have, is still intact. The thing that's not healthy for some would be the high sodium content-known to be bad for high blood pressure. As an aside, I knew a girl who, whenever she wanted to lose weight, only ate pickles and meat. Strange.

[Marlene]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 9:51pm

Vitamin C, fiber, H20!

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=42

Oh how I miss our garden. Fresh cucumbers picked off the plant, it's spines washed off under a garden hose. Nice crunch to em!

[best12bars]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 10:41pm

Okay, so what about ketchup/catsup?

Posted: 11/26/06 at 11:01pm

A condiment, but also a fruit (tomato). There's a good deal of sugar in Katsup too, along with some vinagar and some seasoings.

[DG]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 11:05pm

I just thought they were sex toys that burned.