Relish

A relish is a cooked pickled, chopped vegetable or fruit food item which is typically used as a condiment. The item generally consists of discernible vegetable or fruit pieces in a sauce, although the sauce is subordinate in character to the vegetable or fruit pieces. It might consist of a single type of vegetable, fruit or a combination of these. These fruits or vegetables might be coarsely or finely chopped but generally a relish is not as smooth as a sauce-type condiment such as ketchup. The overall taste sensation might be sweet, savory, hot or mild but it is always a strong flavor that complements or adds to the primary food item with which it is served. Relish probably came about from the need to preserve the vegetables in the winter.

Kinds

• Ajvar
• Corn (maize) relish
• Carrot relish
• Cheese relish
• Chow-chow relish
• Cucumber relish
• Dill
• Gentleman's Relish (a type of anchovy paste, also known as Patum Peperium)
• Hamburger relish (pickle relish in a ketchup base or sauce)
• Hotdog relish (pickle relish in a mustard base or sauce)
• Mixed pickles
• Onion relish
• Poachers Relish (a tangy relish made with smoked salmon and lemon zest)
• Piccalilli
• Sweet pickle
• Sauerkraut
• Tartar Sauce
• Zacuscă