Yes, they are.

Yes, dill pickle spears are cucumbers. Now, you can pickle anything!

Yes, usually from pickling cucumbers which are smaller and have fewer/smaller seeds than regular cucumbers. Other things can be pickled as well such as carrots, peppers, green beans, beets and cabbage. Even hard boiled eggs, meat and fish can be pickled, but that is not my cup of tea.

ritamay, I am the opposite of you. Love cucumbers but am not crazy about cucumber pickles!

Yes, they are made from cucumbers. Maybe somebody else who despised cucumbers said to himself --

"I wonder what I can do with these horrible vegetables? Oh I know -- i'll soak them in salty water or something to make them edible. "

But that isn't the world stupidest question. How about this: My friend said he'd spent the morning planting potatoes and was asked: "You can do that?" meaning she didn't know potatoes grew in the ground. I can't believe it myself and she isn't dumb. OK -- maybe she had something else on her mind.

You might be choosing the variety of cucumbers that are large waxy on the skin and have big seeds. If you buy the smaller cucumbers that are sometimes called mini or persian. You might find you don 't hate fresh cucumbers. I myself "hate" the large waxy ones. The english cucumbers that come wrapped in plastic are nice, seeds so small you never know they are there.

Lots of different pickles to enjoy.

I love Chinese pickles. They are sweeter than a dill pickle. They pickle carrots and other vegetables.

I don't care for fresh cucumbers either but I do like pickles. And many different types of vegetables, fruits or other food types can be pickled as well. Pickling is just a preserving technique and is not limited to a specific food subect.....you can pickle just about anything!! I just had some pickled Brussel sprouts the other day and they were fantastic!!

DH absolutely despises cucumbers, eats pickles every day!

Your question reminds me of my story. Please don't take offense.

Our local grocery store buys produce from local gardeners. One day I was buying pickling cucumbers and the young girl at the checkout was laughing as she rang them up and commented on how cute they were and how they reminded her of pickles. The guy bagging my groceries looked at me and then looked at her and said " your mom doesn't can, does she?" He and I both laughed and then we explained to the young lady just where pickles come from.

This was the same store that had a sign saying "Cucmumbers, 3/$1.00". I could hear my mother howling with laughter in the back of the store while I was up at the front. I had to go back to see for myself just what was so funny.

Just was about to write the same as carol did

My father always used to say that there are no stupid questions, only stupid mistakes made because the person didn't ask a question when they should have!

Pickled beets are AWESOME. (Yes, they are real beets.)

Aww....you guys are all being so nice!! I just never thought of it. I mean, I knew pickles were 'pickled', but just thought they were their own thing. Lol. Just writing it, it seems funny. They sure don't have the same taste. (Cucs and pickles)

I love pickled beets. So gherkins are really itty bitty cucumbers - Is that right? :-)

I do remembered being surprised that dill pickles were from cucumbers, but the type chosen has to be able to withstand the pickling process.

No such thing as a stupid question, though I've heard a lot of stupid answers!

Love pickled vegetables. My FIL used to make the best pickled carrots ever!

I love hot pickled cauliflower. I buy it maybe once a year.

Pickled veggies go in the glass jar with pickled eggs.

mamapinky pickled cauliflower is very easy to make. I buy a fresh whole head, cut into bite size florets. Steam butter and serve. Whatever is left can be pickled by pouring warm diluted vinegar solution over cauliflower cover and refrigerate for a few days. Add a jalepeno if you like hot. I would have to look up the vinegar to water ratio if you are interested. Tastes great.

rita, your dislike of cucumbers is due to a genetic anomoly or predisposition. Your taste sensors translate a compound in some foods, phenylthiocarbamide, as very bitter, while other individuals don't detect that bitterness at all.

Cooking nullifies PTC, which is part of the reason why you like the pickles. The same is for most other vegetables that can contain that chemical. I cannot detect it at all and am able to love raw cukes.

Genetics is more commonly a factor in taste (and smell) than people realize; it's interesting, isn't it?

But I AM rather surprised that you didn't know that pickles come from cucumbers, though nothing should shock me, I guess. Someone in another forum didn't know what an earthworm was!

I love all kinds if pickles but don’t like cucumbers at all. Don’t feel bad, a few years back I thought peanuts grew on trees. Well, don’t most nuts?

Peanuts can be confusing until you realize that they aren't nuts at all but legumes. They flower above ground but develop their edible seeds beneath the soil's surface.

For some reason this reminds me that some children don't know where milk comes from. My brother asked his son if he knew where milk came from and he said, "The cow pees it." 8-))

Well, no wonder that kid wouldn't drink milk :-)

I can't stand any variety of cucumbers, it's the one thing I will pick out of a meal someone else made instead of just eating it to be polite. But I love gherkins. Not so nuts about dills.

And I read recently that there are many people that believe that chocolate milk comes from only brown cows.

Ritamay, here's a dumb question for you. What did you think pickles were?

There really are dumb questions. The absolute dumbest is "May I ask you a question?". You just did, stupid!

Bobbi, I guess I just thought they were their own species. Lol.

Rita that is too funny.

I too love pickles and pickled beets. Recently I made some candied pickles, has any one else made those? You start with a store bought jar of sliced dill pickles, then drain, rinse and rinse several times. Then to to this add certain amount of sugar and spices and heat on the stove, then cool and add to the pickles in the jar. I think they are so good. If you have not tried them you may find you like them if you try them.

Sue