I have been using this recipe for 40 plus years. In the early days it was a 'pick your own' and then pickle affair. Now it is a phone call and I collect them. Each year out comes my very doggy ...

Thread 1 gherkin, 1 cocktail onion, and 1 pickle chip on each cocktail pick ... Serve with ranch dressing. Recipe from On a Stick! by Matt Armendariz/Quirk Books, 2011.

These tasty burgers are perfect as an easy mid-week meal ... from steaks and chops to bangers. Fresh gherkins are in season from June to October, but pickled gherkins can be found year-round.

Modern Polish chefs prove you truly can pickle (almost) anything: not just cabbage, gherkins and beetroot which are the most popular vegetables to do so, but also tomatoes, celeriac, radishes and ...