Pickled fruit refers to fruit that has been pickled. Pickling is the process of food preservation by either anaerobic fermentation in brine or immersion in vinegar. Many types of fruit are pickled. Some examples include peaches, apples, crab apple, pears, plums, grapes, currant, tomato and olives. Vinegar may also be prepared from fruit, such as apple cider vinegar. For thousands of years in many parts of the world, pickles have been used as the main method to preserve fruits and other foods. There is evidence that thousands of years ago in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome and China people pickled different foods for preservation. Mayan culturein America used tobacco to conserve food, specifically to make pickled peppers. In ancient times the different cultures used salt that was found naturally and water to make the brine, which they used to pickle foods that cannot be eaten naturally, such as olives and some grains.
Peaches
Pickled peaches may be prepared from medium-sized, non-melting clingstone peaches that are small-seeded. In the United States prior to around 1960, some were prepared from small, unripe freestone peaches. They may be prepared with sugar, cinnamon, cloves and allspice to add flavor. Pickled peaches may be used to accompany meats and in salads, and also have other uses.
Pears
Pickled pears may be prepared with sugar, cinnamon, cloves and allspice to add flavor, and may be referred to as spiced pears. They may be prepared from underripe pears. Pickled pears may be used to accompany dishes such as roasts and salads, among others.
Grapes
To pickle grapes it is necessary to use white wine vinegar, water, kosher salt, sugar, cloves garlic, rosemary and dried chili flakes. Garlic, chili flakes and some other species make grapes a unique flavor.
Cantaloupe
The cantaloupe is a summer season fruit, which can be pickled and refrigerated to be able to eat it during the rest of the year. The cantaloupe can be pickled using champagne vinegar, hot water, granulated sugar, ice, mustard seed, celery seed, Aleppo pepper and cinnamon stick.
In Malaysia, some fruits are pickled when they are unripe, such as belimbing, kedondong, chermai, lime, pineapple, papaya, mango and nutmeg. In Mexico the word "pickle" means "escabechar or encurtir" this term is used when food is pickled by vinegar. When salt is the main ingredient for pickling then it is called "escabeche or salmuera." The word vinegar is of French origin and means in Spanish "vino-agrio" and in English "wine-sour". In its origins the vinegar was the result of the fermentation of the wine which was sour. In Mexico, vinegar is obtained in large part from the fermentation of some fruits, such as pineapple and apple, this type of vinegar is very common to find it naturally made at home, people use it to pickle fruits and vegetables in the home. The pickle is very popular in Mexico with different peppers the peppers being one of the main products both in the pickle industry and in a homemade way. Some states in Mexico such as Oaxaca and Puebla use pickled homemade vinegar made from fermented pineapple or sour brine to pickle fruits such as mangoes, membrillos and some cactus, then be used as ingredients in traditional cooking.
