Mixed pickle

In U.S. cuisine, a mixed pickle consists of vegetables and botanical fruits typically including cucumbers, cauliflower, cut large onions, and bell peppers, as well as spices like garlic, dill, allspice, and chili peppers, suspended in vinegar.

Mixed pickles may also be categorized as sweet or sour depending on the addition of a sweetening agent like sugar.

[1] In British cuisine, mixed pickles typically include small whole onions, gherkins, and cauliflower.

Some specific kinds of British mixed pickle are Branston pickle (more properly termed a relish), and piccalilli (the latter also found in U.S.

Indian pickle is prepared using oil unlike Western pickles, and is more likely to use lemon juice or some other acid as a souring agent instead of vinegar.