bostongurka

{{short description|Type of relish with pickled gherkins, red bell pepper and onion with spices}}

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Bostongurka (Swedish meaning "Boston cucumber") is a type of relish with pickled gherkins,{{cite book | last=Lidgard | first=H.H. | title=National Developments in the Intersection of IPR and Competition Law: From Maglite to Pirate Bay | publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing | series=Swedish Studies in European Law | year=2011 | isbn=978-1-84731-650-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XhrcBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA114 | access-date=November 3, 2017 | page=114}} red bell pepper and onion with spices such as mustard seeds. It is so popular in Sweden that it is considered by some to be a generic term.{{cite book

|title= Trade marks in Europe: a practical jurisprudence

|last= Maniatis

|first= Maniatis, Spyros M.

|year= 2006

|publisher= Sweet & Maxwell

|isbn= 0-421-92000-9

|page= 234

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=-No2Pw3UXwUC&dq=Bostongurka&pg=PA234}}

Despite its name, Bostongurka has nothing to do with the city of Boston. Bostongurka was invented by the Swedish company Felix based on a recipe from Hungary. It was originally invented as a way to use up the end pieces left over when making pickled gherkins.{{cite news |title=Striden om bostongurkan är över |url=https://www.svd.se/a/812f2145-804c-3ebc-bc9a-49be6d04b0b8/striden-om-bostongurkan-ar-over |website=Svenska Dagbladet |date=3 January 2006 |access-date=22 June 2022 |language=Swedish}} Today, the name Bostongurka is a registered trademark of Orkla Group.