A cracker or a small, thin piece of bread or toast spread with cheese, meat, or relish and served as an appetizer. [French, from canapÃ©, couch, from Medieval Latin canÄpÄum, mosquito net; see canopy.]
Pickle brine is a traditional Polish hangover remedy as well, say the Strybels: Fill a glass with equal parts chilled pickle brine and ice-cold club soda, and drink the mixture down at once.
Fermented pickles and quick pickles are two other delicious methods of pickling that you will most definitely want to try once you have mastered the vinegar-brine technique. The vinegar-brine method involves packing and preserving your pickles in canning jars by filling the jars with a boiling vinegar-brine solution.