In honor of National Pickle Day Commons is creating a pickle themed menu to tickle your taste buds. We know you love pickles as much as we do and cannot contain your excitement, so here are some pickle facts to get you through until November 14th:
1. PICKLING IS THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD.
2. AMERICA GOT ITS NAME FROM A PICKLE MERCHANT.
3. THE WORD “PICKLE” COMES FROM THE NETHERLANDS.
4. WE EAT A LOT OF PICKLES. ABOUT 9LBS PER PERSON A YEAR!
5. CLEOPATRA USED THEM TO PRESERVE HER GOOD LOOKS …
6. … WHILE CAESAR AND NAPOLEON THOUGHT THEY COULD BUILD MUSCLE.
7. SHAKESPEARE COINED THE PHRASE, “IN A PICKLE.”
8. PICKLES ARE CURED IN OPEN, OUTDOOR VATS.
9. THE U.S. RATIONED PICKLES DURING WWII.
10. THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES USED PICKLE JUICE TO BEAT THE COWBOYS.
