savor — guide to food & dining on the azalea coast
by Amanda Wager and Amanda Raxlin
photography by Joshua Curry And Allison Potter
Pickles
Pass-along
Cucumbers brought from their native India were
first pickled in the Tigris Valley in 2030 B.C.
Pickles were mentioned in the Bible, Numbers
11:5 and Isaiah 1:8, and by Shakespeare in “Hamlet,”
“Twelfth Night,” and “Anthony and Cleopatra.”
Cleopatra attributed her good looks to a hearty diet of pickles.
Queen Elizabeth I took a shine to them. Julius Caesar fed
them to his troops, as did Napoleon. Christopher Columbus
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