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[edit] Looking for a Gerkins Jar photo

I am looking for a photo of a Sweet Gherkins jar from the 1960's era - if you can help contact cathycnm@msn.com. Send link not photo - looking to include it in an article I am submitting so needs to be re-printable. Could post it here as well - for fun. Thanks.

[edit] Triva

Liam - 22/09/2006 Re-added the triva fact about gherkins being able to glow if electrocuted. I think this is an interesting and amusing piece of trival and am unsure why it was removed before - along with the link to a video clip of electrocution of a pickle. Anyway - added it back sans links (were they a problem? Why?) if you are going to remove them please state why - also what was the problem with the link when the other 'fun' sites such as ihateghekins.com remain?

  • Deleted: The links given in the trivia section do not verify the information: one is a black page with only a few words of text and one is some sort of silly "humour" site. Waerloeg 08:58, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
Reverted - the electrocution link works for me, and it's pretty neat. Jerkin' the gherkin is a euphemism for masturbation, and the info about the building makes it clear that it's slang, not a proper name. I think they all are appropriate and informative, if somewhat trivial. WLU 14:14, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] .

I was going to try to put this article in one or more categories, but wasn't sure if gherkins should be called a fruit or vegetable.

[edit] Pekel

Hey,

The Dutch word for preserving salts is pekel, not pikel.

Greets,

Maverick Hunter 14:41, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

Oh, both pickles and cucumbers are veggies, as far as I know.

[edit] Cornichons

There's a page for Cornichon on Wikipedia. Since cornichons are just small gherkins, that article really should be merged into this one.

Cucumbers are fruit, BTW. --172.129.208.35 21:17, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

In England the terms are interchangeable, I have jars of cornichons and jars of small gherkins and the ingredients are indentical.

There is nothing to merge. just redirect cornichon here. In fact, I think I will do it. -- WormRunner 03:10, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] jerking the gherkin

it is important that the usage of this word in the phrase above is kept because "jerking the gherkin" is probably more widely used than "can i have a jar of gherkins?" because A) everyone jerks the gherkin (and a lot, too) and gherkins taste FOUL.

So don't delete it again. It certainly is more important than about it being featured in a TV show that hasn't been on for like 20 years OK!


<note - shouldn't it be: jerkin'...? <note 2 - gherkins do not taste foul...

  • Deleted: Has no relevance on this page. Waerloeg 08:58, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

THe scientific name for the Gherkin is Cucumis anguria and there's an article for it. Makes sense to merge at least one of the articles into the other, I think Gherkin to Cucumis anguria is the better step as there's no ambiguity in the scientific name. WLU 13:22, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Oppose This article is better suited for a merge into Pickled cucumber. Waerloeg 08:30, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose I don't really think it should be merged with either - definately not with pickled cucumber, as a gerkin is very different. If anything the scientific name should just redirect here and any relevent info there should be carried over. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.185.144.122 (talk) 08:56, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose Plants and animals should not be classified by their scientific name. The scientific name should be mentioned in the appropriate place in the article under the common name. Wikipedia, like any encyclopedia not written for a small academic community, is well suited to educate the masses, and should not become too technical for the average internet user. Wikipedia is able to deal with ambiguity with little difficulty, and going technical at the expense of vernacular cannot be the solution. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.74.17.180 (talk) 19:01, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] External links

An anon IP keeps adding the following links to the page:

  • gherkin4fans.blinkz
  • ihategherkins

I keep deleting them as a violation of WP:EL. If anyone wants to put them back on the page, they should make their case here. To my mind, they are not appropriate for the page.

WLU 20:28, 10 May 2007 (UTC)