Sour times: pickled onions enjoy revival as Britons think outside the jar

With sales up 12%, pickles are moving beyond traditional role as a side to become an ingredient in their own right The humble pickled onion, long associated with classic pub culture, the ploughman’s lunch and cold festive buffets, is enjoying a revival as Britain’s appetite for pickles grows. About 8.5m UK households bought pickled onions over the past year, according to the consumer data firm Wor