AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -1 Answer. A cucumber soaked in vinegar becomes a pickle, though usually salt and additional seasonings are also added when pickling cucumbers or any other fruit or vegetable.

Detailed explanation-2: -How Do Cucumbers Become Pickles? The main process at work here is fermentation. Cucumbers are submerged in a saltwater brine or vinegar; with time (anywhere from several days to even months), those cucumbers will turn into pickles.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pickles are Cucumbers Kirby or Persian cucumbers are often used for pickling. After they are picked they are washed and then soaked in a pickling solution often made with water, salt, spices and vinegar.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gherkins are pickled cucumbers (that have either been sliced or left whole) that have been fermented and preserved in either salty brine or vinegar.