Picklesburgh is an annual pickle-themed festival in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It has taken place in Downtown Pittsburgh every summer since 2015, originally on the Three Sisters bridges and along the Allegheny Riverfront, before relocating to the Boulevard of the Allies and PPG Place for its 2023 installment.
Picklesburgh 2019 on the Roberto Clemente Bridge, including the Heinz pickle balloon
Contestants prepare for the pickle juice drinking competition at Picklesburgh 2022
A pickled cucumber – commonly known as a pickle in the United States and Canada and a gherkin in Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand – is a usually small or miniature cucumber that has been pickled in a brine, vinegar, or other solution and left to ferment. The fermentation process is executed either by immersing the cucumbers in an acidic solution or through souring by lacto-fermentation. Pickled cucumbers are often part of mixed pickles.
A deli dill pickle
Pickled cucumber in glass jar
A jar of bread-and-butter pickles
Half sour (left) vs "full sour" kosher dill (right)