Editing Relish (section)

{{Short description|Cooked, pickled, or chopped vegetable or fruit used as a condiment}}
{{Other uses}}
[[File:Nsima Relishes.JPG|250px|thumb|Three types of relishes are used here to accompany [[nshima]] (in the top right), a cornmeal product in African cuisine.]]

A '''relish''' (a pickle-based condiment) is a [[cooking|cooked]] and [[pickling|pickled]] culinary dish made of chopped [[vegetable]]s, [[fruit]]s or [[herb]]s, typically used as a [[condiment]] to enhance a staple.<ref name="Jeanroy Ward 2009"/> Examples are [[chutney]]s and the North American relish, a [[pickled cucumber]] jam eaten with [[hot dog]]s.<ref name="Hui Ghazala Graham Murrell 2003"/><ref name="Smith 2013"/> In North America, the word "relish" is frequently used to describe a single variety of finely chopped pickled cucumber relish, such as pickle, [[dill]] and sweet relishes.

[[File:Kyopoolu bg.jpg|thumb|[[Kyopolou]] (Кьопоолу), a relish from the [[Balkans]] made from [[red bell pepper]]s, [[eggplant]] and [[garlic]].]]

Relish generally consists of discernible vegetable or fruit pieces in a [[sauce]], although the sauce is subordinate in character to the vegetable or fruit pieces.<ref name="Ramineni Kawana 2012"/><ref name="Miloradovich 1950"/> Herbs and seeds may also be used, and some relishes, such as [[chermoula]], are prepared entirely using herbs and spices.<ref name="Shulman 2014"/> Relish can consist of a single type or a combination of vegetables and fruit, which may be coarsely or finely chopped; its texture will vary depending on the slicing style used for these solid ingredients,<ref name="Jeanroy Ward 2009"/> but generally a relish is not as smooth as a sauce-type condiment such as [[ketchup]]. Relish typically has a strong flavor that complements or adds to the primary food item with which it is served.<ref name="Jeanroy Ward 2009"/><ref name="Skrabec 2009"/>