Cucumber
Cucumbers are green cylinders that grow as a creeping vine. Cucumbers have a mild melon flavor and are known for their refreshing taste.
Cucumbers, depending on the type, are eaten raw, often added to salads or dipped in dressings. Cucumbers are also pickled and preserved. They are great for juicing due to their large water content.
There are three most common cucumbers:
These cucumbers are large when fully grown and eaten raw. They have a tough outer green skin that can be eaten or peeled off.
These cucumbers are smaller than a slicer cucumber. They are shorter, designed to fit into jars and onto sandwiches! You can eat them as is of course, but you can also try your hand in pickling. Sweet pickles, dill pickles, garlic pickles..they are all great!
Store fresh cucumbers in your refrigerator for about a week.
Cucumbers are mostly water, about 95%. They are most noted for vitamin K.
Overwhelmed with cukes? Try one of these quick refrigerator pickles to extend their life and add delicious flavor!
A quick and fresh way to enjoy that extra summer melon. This salsa is sweet and spicy in all the right places, and quite easy to make your own. Feel free to play with the flavors depending on which of these melons and herb combos you have on hand, and enjoy!
This is an idea post, you can bend this to whatever you have in the fridge. But check out the pork harvest at the farm and try out the new flavor sausage!
