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Pickle Phacts


America named after Amerigo Vespucci, pickle dealer

Pickles are made from cucumbers

Pickles are technically a fruit

Average dill pickle has only 15 calories

Known pickle lovers include:

Julius Ceaser, Thomas Jefferson, Queen Elizabeth I, Cleopatra

36 basic types pickles and pickled products

Over 29 billion pickles consumed annually in America

Pickled peppers contain nearly twice as much vitamin C as citrus


Pickle Promotions


National Kraut and Frankfurter Month: July 2000

International Pickle Week: May 19-29, 2000 ...(since 1948)

Sauerkraut Salad & Sandwich Season: coming soon

National Pickled Pepper Week: October 1-10, 1999; October 7-15, 2000

Holdays are Pickle Days: November 15-January 1



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Page Last modified on 8/16/99

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