New Delhi, Nov. 14 -- National Pickle Day returned on Friday, November 14, bringing with it a wave of sharply tangy enthusiasm as restaurants, retailers and pickle aficionados across the United States-and increasingly worldwide-commemorated one of the quirkiest entries on the culinary calendar.

According to the National Day Calendar, the annual observance has grown from a niche food-hobbyist celebration into a mainstream commercial event with significant consumer traction.

New data from the commerce platform Qu suggested that pickle-heavy dishes-such as pickle fries, pickle pizzas and the now-notorious pickle lemonade-have doubled year on year across leading quick-service chains since 2024. This surge has been largely attributed to youn...