but pickled gherkins can be found year-round. If buying fresh gherkins, look for small, firm, unblemished specimens. Pickled ones should be bright green, and the vinegar should be clear.

Here is a panorama of things Poles pickle: from gherkins through fermented-flour soup, all the way to pickled saffron milk-cap mushrooms. To quote the poet and satirist Ludwik Jerzy Kern, a ...

but pickled gherkins can be found year-round. If buying fresh gherkins, look for small, firm, unblemished specimens. Pickled ones should be bright green, and the vinegar should be clear.