Chances are we all grew up with this fun childhood tongue twister on pickled peppers: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Originally an English nursery rhyme, chances are that even now, most of us probably immediately launch into the rest of the poem to the extent that we can recall it. If you’re rusty on it, here are the rest of the words.

Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers Tongue Twister

Peter Piper Nursery Rhyme

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked;

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where’s the peck of pickled peppers
Peter Piper picked?

Old English Nursery Rhyme, 1813

How Can You Pick Pickled Peppers?

The only way we know to pick pickled peppers is to pick peppers from the garden, pickle them, then pick the out of the jar of pickled peppers to enjoy!

You may enjoy this article on freezing chili peppers or drying chilies.

What is a Peck of Pickled Peppers?

• Peck is a quarter of a bushel
  • Bushel is 1.25 cubic feet so it holds about .41 cubic feet or about 700 cubic inches.
  • An average pepper is about 22-24 cubic inches, so maybe 30-35 peppers.
  • Pickled peppers are softer so you might be able cram 45-50 in the peck basket.

REFERENCE: Amazon Alexa^[1]https://alexaanswers.amazon.com/question/4hwKXn5faTCPbczIMoVBMi

Brief History of Peter Piper

The earliest version of this tongue-twister was published in London in 1813, which includes a one-name tongue-twister for each letter of the alphabet in the same style.^[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Piper