What does it mean to pickle a food?

You can pickle foods — or preserve them in vinegar — for flavor and preservation, such as with a pickle. Brining (soaking in vinegar to kill bacteria) and fermentation (the overgrowth of good bacteria), such as with wine and kimchi, can preserve food indefinitely. Two-thousand-year-old kimchi has been found in still-edible condition. (We'll pass, though; thanks.)

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