Power to the pickle!

I've heard of, but never read, erotic stories involving bananas, breadsticks, and cucumbers being used in lieu of dildos.  Which got me to thinking.  Pickles are nothing more than pickled cucumbers. But would an author ever think to use a pickle as a sex toy?  Or is that just a bit to garish? 

Hey, I'm thinking the big, honking, dill pickle kind.  The kind you can barely curl your fingers around, and you can suck and nibble on them for the good part of an hour before it's finally devoured.

Yet, for some reason, I keep thinking that if I mentioned "pickle" in a story, people would immediately envision the gherkin instead.