Pickles will make you pucker, but then you can't help but to SMILE when eating one. They are a fun food to eat and they add lots of humor to our lives.

Pickles have touched the most famous of palates: Thomas Jefferson, Roman Tiberius, Aristotle, Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, Christopher Columbus, Queen Elizabeth, Napoleon, Samuel Pepy, George Washington, John Adams, Dolly Madison, the children of Israel, NFL football players, and Amerigo Vespucci, a pickle merchant before becoming an explorer.

Yes, there is an "International Pickle Week" the last two weeks in May. It was first celebrated in 1948. It usually includes the start of the summer season, Memorial Day weekend.

The phrase "in a pickle" was first recorded by Shakespeare in his play, The Tempest. The quotes read, "How camest thou in this pickle?" and "I have been in such a pickle..."

In 1900, Heinz erected a 40' electric pickle in New York.

Pickles pack a zesty flavor whether used as an ingredient or as a side dish.

Never throw away your pickle juice. It can be used for so many things (a drink, salads, marinades, hangovers, and lots and lots of recipes).

Pickles are a healthy food pick-they have no cholesterol, are fat free and are very filling by adding bulk to your diet.

There are at least 50 types of pickles available today. The Dill pickle is the most popular, followed by the sweet pickle.

Did you know a pickle (cucumber) is a "fruit" of the vine, but most people refer to it as a vegetable?

Numbers 11:5 - "We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic,..." The children of Israel wandered the desert salivating for those cucumbers (before pickles) back in Egypt.

We, the people, consume more than 5,000,000 lbs. of pickles daily. Each year, there are enough pickles eaten to reach to the moon and back 8.25 times.

It is believed that pickles date back 4500 years to Mesopotamia.