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On the opening menu, guests can expect snacks such as oysters Kilpatrick, a curried lamb Scotch egg and pig’s head terrine with piccalilli.
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2022
Finger sandwiches with egg and chive mayonnaise, cheddar cheese and sweet pickle, cucumber and crème fraîche with black pepper, as well as honey and orange roasted gammon accompanied with Hawkshead piccalilli.
—Vogue, 12 June 2019
Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2022
Finger sandwiches with egg and chive mayonnaise, cheddar cheese and sweet pickle, cucumber and crème fraîche with black pepper, as well as honey and orange roasted gammon accompanied with Hawkshead piccalilli.
—Vogue, 12 June 2019
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Word History
Etymology
probably alteration of pickle
First Known Use
1769, in the meaning defined above
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“Piccalilli.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/piccalilli. Accessed 2 Dec. 2023.
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piccalilli
noun
pic·ca·lil·li
ˌpik-ə-ˈlil-ē 
: a spicy relish of chopped vegetables
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