To peel or to keep? To store in the refrigerator or in the open air? Here are some mistakes that can be made when it comes to eating and preparing cucumber.
In the kitchen, we have a lot of certainties and some are more like preconceived ideas! So, in your opinion, do you make these few mistakes in the kitchen when you prepare cucumber?
Bitter or bland cucumber, how to choose the right cucumber?
Cucumber is a very low-calorie vegetable, with about 12 to 16 calories per 100 grams. It is mainly composed of water (about 95%), which makes it particularly hydrating and refreshing.
The first preconceived ideas concerning cucumbers relate to its choice.
All cucumbers have a bitter taste
Now that’s a misconception! A bitter cucumber happens, of course. But it’s not always the case, because it all depends on the choice.
Always try to choose the smallest specimens when you go shopping. A large cucumber contains more seeds and that is what makes it bitter. Then, if it is important to choose well firmit should not be too hard either. Here again: bitter cucumber guaranteed.
Bitter cucumber, sour cucumber? The trick is to choose it well! – © oscarloperamartos
Cucumber storage: where and how long?
What about preserving cucumbers?
A persistent misconception is that cucumbers should be kept in the fridge. However, if you want to keep your unopened cucumber for up to ten days, better to store it in a cool room.
The ideal storage temperature for a cucumber is more like 13°C. If it’s too hot in your home, too bad, put the cucumber in the fridge, but in the vegetable drawer, because it is the least cold part of the refrigerator.
On the other hand, it will have to be consumed very quickly, within three days maximumotherwise it may get damaged.
In addition, the cucumber being sensitive to ethylene released by fruits and vegetables such as apples, melons or avocados, it is better to keep them away from it to prevent the cucumber from ripening too much and too quickly.
Preparing the cucumber
Remove the skin, make drain the cucumber…Is all this really necessary?
You absolutely have to peel the cucumber!
Some people don’t like the idea of eating cucumbers with their skin on. And that’s a shame, because that’s where the pepsin, a substance that facilitates its assimilation.
Moreover, the skin contains a vitamin cocktail which we would be wrong to deprive ourselves of: provitamin A, B vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin E and vitamin K. Cucumber is also a interesting source of minerals such as potassium, magnesium, iron, zinc, etc.
Peeling cucumbers, a false good idea! – © Africa Studio
On the need to drain a cucumber… or not!
Your grandmother may have been draining cucumbers. And she wasn’t wrong, since in her day, this operation consisted of to bring out the excess water from the vegetable with coarse salt was necessary. This also allowed remove the more pronounced bitterness at the time.
Today’s varieties are much less bitter and disgorging cucumber is no longer necessary. On the contrary, it is better to avoid this operation which makes lose that crunch which we appreciate so much in cucumber, as well as its many minerals.
I don’t like cucumber! It’s hard to digest
As seen above, the cucumber with its skin will be easier to digesteven among the most skeptical among us!
However, if digestion still seems complicated, consider remove the seeds simply by cutting the cucumber lengthwise and scraping with a spoon without removing too much flesh to avoid waste.
The seeds will also be an excellent base for skin care.
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Also be wary of very common combinations in summer salads.
Cucumber, if chewed well, digests very quickly. Or, consumed with a tomato raw, as is often the case, you may well have some digestive problems. In fact, since tomatoes take much longer to be assimilated by the body, they will tend to ferment in the stomach while the cucumber will have already reached the intestine.
Consequences : bloating and gas that will make you curse the cucumber, even though it’s not really its fault, is it?
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