I just rub the prickles off Marketmore and eat it skin and all, tastes way better than the supermarket cucumbers.
I'm going to experiment with gherkins this year, one thing I intend to try is hot pickling in 50:50 water and white vinegar with some Dill in it, I suspect it is close to the American style gherkins, but of course as the vinegar is rather weak you have to boil everything to get it to preserve....
Will also be making some picallilli this weekend..... need to find the biohazard suit........
chrisc