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Raw is not the way most people eat rice, so it makes sense that one would assume it's cooked. If I got raw rice with my curry, I would indeed be irritated and rightfully so. Jalapeños are commonly consumed in a variety of preparations, fresh/raw being amongst those, and it's not unreasonable to expect them fresh if they're not explicitly labeled "pickled" by the restaurant.
Your other example, of flour and bread, is exactly what OP means. Cucumbers and pickles are different, and not interchangeable. Flour and bread are different, and not interchangeable. They are prepared differently and serve different culinary purposes.
I vote we call fresh jalapeños "jalapeños" and pickled "jalapickles". In the meantime, at least as far as grocery delivery is concerned, OP should put in the notes that they don't want picked jalapeños, even as a substitute. Restaurants should have clearer labels; random delivery person can't be expected to know your preference unless you explicitly tell them, IMO.
I think blame for this falls squarely on Mexicans. They had the foresight to come up with different names for fresh vs dried or smoked peppers, but left out pickling.
In Mexico pickled jalapeños are called escabeche.
Not quite. Escabeche is a mixture of jalapenos, cauliflower, radishes, carrots, onions, garlic, all fried then pickled.
It can be a variety of pickled vegetables with herbs but can also just be jalapenos and carrots, maybe with onions. In any event, if you get pickled jalapenos in the context of Mexican cuisine it's that, not just jalapenos.