Sentence examples for pickle- from inspiring English sources
IT TURNS out that the cure for a Politico-party-induced hangover is not pickle brine or Irn-Bru or any of the things you may have heard of.
"AND how exactly do I pickle these?" asks a well-dressed Russian woman, peering nervously at a big bucket of wild mushrooms she has just bought in an outdoor market.
Because the Koreans pickle everything, you see, this is among the cultural concepts available for metaphorical repurposing.
The company, having grown too quickly for its own good, is currently in a fine pickle, obliged to implement money-laundering checks on customers in a hurry under the orders of regulators.
Mr Pinochet is in his present pickle not because Chile has broken its promise to him but because the general made the mistake of swanning around the world on what turns out to have been the false assumption that the decision of Chile's polity binds the rest of the world's courts.
The bill leaves Labour in a pickle.
Harun Khan, deputy secretary general of the council, said: "Is Mr Pickles seriously suggesting, as do members of the far right, that Muslims and Islam are inherently apart from British society?" He said he was writing back to Pickles to demand an explanation for the assumptions that appeared to be in the letter.
I still dream about the sultry duck liver mousse with almond biscuits; the 'State Bird' – a quail – grilled into smokiness on its bed of gently pickled, sautéed onions and crowned with Parmesan; the smoked duck ham with umeboshi.
In the meantime, here's Pickles' press release promising "a new era of people power", the written ministerial statement on the localism bill (via LGIU blog), CLG's"essential guide" to the bill, and its "six steps to return power to the people" list.
This 10-part meal is expensive, but it's beautifully prepared and you probably won't want any other food than a late light supper after breakfasting on miso soup with tofu, pickled vegetables, nori seaweed, salted fish, Japanese omelette, steamed rice, spinach with sesame seeds, fried tofu, salmon sashimi, daikon turnips with soy sauce and green tea.
Serves 20. 10 x bottle of Hall & Woodhouse pickled partridge beer or any good dark ale 5 egg yolks 5 tsp white sugar 2 tsp nutmeg 1 cinnamon stick 1 dry red chillies 10 cloves 1 tsp freshly ground nutmeg 1 tsp ground ginger Heat the beer and the spices in a large saucepan until the ground spices dissolve.
