National Pickle Day (November 14): How to Celebrate Like a Pickle Person

Every November 14, America celebrates its most underrated condiment holiday: National Pickle Day. As Atlanta's pickle company, this is basically our Super Bowl. Here's the history, the facts to deploy at parties, and how to celebrate properly.

A brief, briny history

Pickles go back over 4,000 years to Mesopotamia, where cucumbers from the Tigris Valley were first preserved in brine. Cleopatra credited them for her beauty. Aristotle praised their healing effects. Amerigo Vespucci — the man America is named after — was a pickle merchant who stocked ships with them to fight scurvy. And Americans today eat roughly 9 pounds of pickles per person per year. You're in excellent historical company.

Pickle facts to win the group chat

• The word 'pickle' comes from the Dutch pekel, meaning brine.
• Pickle juice is a research-backed remedy for muscle cramps (see our deep dive).
• A properly vinegar-brined jar stays shelf-stable up to two years — no preservatives needed.
• Georgia's own Flavor of Georgia competition crowns a best pickle each year. The 2024 winner? Our Banana Pickle. 🏆

How to celebrate

1. Try a flavor you've never had. Pickled watermelon rind? Grapes? Lemon that tastes like concentrated lemonade? Today's the day.
2. Host a ranking party. Grab the 6-Jar Box, blind-taste with friends, argue passionately.
3. Toast with a pickleback. The Pickle Juice was born for this.
4. Convert a skeptic. Every pickle person has an origin story. Be someone's.

Why celebrate with us

If there's one day a year to have the best pickles in America on your counter, it's this one: award-winning flavor, 40+ handcrafted varieties, 79% less sodium, no dyes or junk, made fresh in Atlanta on a generations-old family brine. Stock up before November 14 → — free US shipping on 2+ jars.