- gherkin
- n 1: any of various small cucumbers pickled whole
At the cafe, I asked the girl behind the counter to add some gherkin in my sandwich, and she appeared to have no idea what I meant.
In the end, I had to point and ask, "What are those green things?"
"Pickles," she said, looking a bit puzzled.
"Can I have some of that then?"
A week or two ago, I was asking for "blackcurrant juice", and the guy thought I meant "carrot juice" — in the end, "grape juice" did the trick, eventhough grapes and blackcurrants are not the same! He said, "Carrot? You call this carrot juice?"
Ahh, the joys of living in a different country.
Posted by sniffles at May 16, 2003 01:52 PM