"Definition of a pickle: A cucumber soured by a…

“A bit of humor: A pickle is a cucumber soured by a jarring experience” was printed in The Current Local (Van Buren, MO) on July 14, 1988. “‘A pickle is a cucumber soured by a jarring experience.’ - Menards” was posted on the newsgroup Google Groups: alt.3d.studio on March 14, 1996.

“Definition of a pickle: A cucumber soured by a jarring experience” was posted on the newsgroup rec.humor on May 28, 1996. “Definition of a pickle: A cucumber soured by a jarring experience” was posted on Twitter by John N. Stewart on November 16, 2010.

The joke was posted in riddle form on Twitter by Potato vs. Humanity on September 28, 2016:

Q: How does a cucumber become a pickle?
A: It goes through a jarring experience.

Wikipedia: Pickled cucumber
A pickled cucumber (commonly known as a pickle in the United States and Canada, and a gherkin in Britain, Ireland, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand) is a cucumber that has been pickled in a brine, vinegar, or other solution and left to ferment for a period of time, by either immersing the cucumbers in an acidic solution or through souring by lacto-fermentation. Pickled cucumbers are often part of mixed pickles.

Newspapers.com
14 July 1988, The Current Local (Van Buren, MO), pg. 5, col. 5:
A bit of humor: A pickle is a cucumber soured by a jarring experience.

Google Groups: alt.3d.studio
Is this newsgroup only for those with cracked versions of 3DS????
Targaff Sarachanvator
Mar 14, 1996, 3:00:00 AM
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“A pickle is a cucumber soured by a jarring experience.” - Menards

Google Groups: rec.humor
HAVE YOU HEARD?
Nancy Carson
May 28, 1996, 3:00:00 AM
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Definition of a pickle: A cucumber soured by a jarring experience.

Twitter
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soo|L5Ai #password - Pickle: A cucumber soured by a jarring experience!
1:25 PM · Jun 4, 2009·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
Samantha
@PuffyCocoon
A pickle is a cucumber soured by a jarring experience.
5:36 AM · Oct 23, 2010·Twitter SMS

Twitter
John N. Stewart
@john_n_stewart
Definition of a pickle: A cucumber soured by a jarring experience.
1:41 AM · Nov 16, 2010·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
Potato vs. Humanity
@Potato_vs_Human
#BadPickleJokeoftheDay
How does a cucumber become a pickle?
...
It goes through a jarring experience.
Send us your worst pickle jokes! 😅
5:10 AM · Sep 28, 2016·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
Pacific Coast Speech Services
@PCSSinSoCal
How does a cucumber become a pickle? It goes through a jarring experience. #SLPeeps
10:45 AM · May 16, 2018·Hootsuite

Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/iknowthisischeesy October 20, 2019
How does a cucumber become a pickle?
It goes through a jarring experience.

Reddit—DailyMomJokes
Posted by u/AlmanacZak April 24, 2020
How does a cucumber become a pickle?
It goes through a jarring experience.

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/YZXFILE June 28, 2020
How does a cucumber become a pickle?
It goes through a jarring experience.

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Rubberducky690 January 11, 2021
What does it take for a cucumber to become a pickle?
A jarring experience.
COMMENTS
lamb2cosmicslaughter
A rather salty upbringing.