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How Haitian Pikliz Became My House Condiment
By Flavor Explorer · June 4, 2026 · Haiti
I grew up in a household where condiments were ketchup or hot sauce. Then a Haitian colleague brought pikliz to an office potluck. A jar of vinegar-preserved cabbage, carrots, and Scotch Bonnet peppers that looked unassuming and tasted like nothing I had encountered. The crunch. The acid. The heat arriving slowly after the vinegar. I put it on everything for the rest of that meal and drove to a Caribbean grocery the following Saturday. That jar changed how I think about condiments permanently.
