First things first: Did you know cucumbers are a fruit and not a vegetable? The fruit contains a high water content and has ...

Cucumbers are a staple of summer salads but they can often spoil quickly if they are not stored properly. The good news is that there is one common kitchen item that will help to keep them fresh for l ...

Is your salad bitter? Do your harvested cucumbers taste off? Here's why your cucumbers may be bitter, from home or the store, ...

* Choose cucumbers that are firm and unblemished. Be sure to check the ends to be sure they haven’t softened. Thin ones won’t have many seeds. Avoid those that are turning yellow--cucumbers at ...

Whacking a cucumber is one way to let loose. The bonus is a cooling, ... KITCHEN CURIOUS. By Ligaya Figueras, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. July 21, 2020.

• Most English cucumbers come wrapped in single-use plastic to keep moisture in, air out, and to help prevent bruises and ...

This cucumber and orange salad fit those criteria. ... Juicer or squeezer: I have a few in my kitchen, as you do. For this recipe, I used the hand squeezer. Any will work, of course.

Remove the ends of the cucumber and peel. Cut into thin slices. Next slice the onion into very thin rings/slices. Here’s a tip for making dressing: Combine 3 parts fat to 1 part acid. You can ...

XO sauce. It’s the spicy seafood sauce that first originated in a Hong Kong hotel in the 1980s, and if you love it, you probably want to put it on everything. Food editor Amy Scattergood caught ...

Once you’ve tossed the cucumber chunks in salt and sugar, let them rest for 30 minutes. An hour is even better, to coax out water and impart more flavor into the vegetable.