Pickles with that?

The girls in the restaurant routinely impress me with their worldy knowledge of the English. After making my fresh sandwich, to order, they ask if I would like a pickle to go with it. This is some kind of Gerkin or something. Everytime, when I politely decline, they smile knowingly and tell me that English people don't like pickles!

Of course there is very little food I don't like, but there is a time and a place for pickles surely. Pickles are not an accompanyment to a fantastic scooby snack of a fresh made sandwich, they are more to be enjoyed swimming in vingear alongside fish and chips.

Oh maybe with olives and humous sitting on the health! :-)