Cucumbers – Seeded and Peeled

 

 

Cucumbers – the Cool Cuke

A cucumber is a climbing plant of the gourd family, native to the Chinese Himalayan region.  The plant produces a long green-skinned fruit with water flesh, usually eaten raw in salads, cooked in soups, blended in smoothies or pickled in a brine.  Cucumbers are a good source of vitamins A, B, C, potassium and electrolytes.

When seeding a halved cucumber use a spoon to scoop the seeds from a cucumber cut in half.  When a cucumber has been quartered, remove the seed with a chef’s knife.

 

Wash the cucumbers in cold water

Cut the cucumber in half or quarters lengthwise.  Use either a spoon or chef’s knife to remove seed.  Use a vegetable peeler to remove the skin.