I hope that the brine helped you with your sore throat!

For other non-cucumber pickles, a great way to dip your toes in might be pickled onion (I like red onion best for this, but that’s my personal preference), or pickled carrots. Both of these make excellent toppings for sandwiches of all kinds, tacos, poke, basically anything that could use a little acid or some extra crunch

I’m also quite partial to pickled cauliflower and pickled beets for general snacking