95% water with a mild melon flavor. The four main types are: Slicing - which are smoother and more uniform in shape and color. The US variety has a tougher skin than the European and Persian types with their thinner, more delicate skin, Pickling - which are shorter and more irregular in shape with bumpy skin covered in tiny spines, Gherkin - which are also called cornichons, are teeny-tiny and typically pickled, and, finally, Burpless, which are sweeter with a thinner skin making them easier to digest.
Too many cukes from the garden? Chill, slice and place over eyes to soothe and reduce puffiness.
Our vegetables are polyamorous, flitting from love affair to love affair.
However, they do marry well with the ingredients below.
Avocado, coconut, hazelnut, olive, peanut, safflower, toasted sesame seed, sunflower seed, walnut
Onion, shallot, scallions, garlic
Beets, carrots, fennel bulb, mushrooms, radish, summer squash, sweet bell pepper, tomato
Chinese (Napa) cabbage, Chinese celery, mizuna, mustard greens, pea shoots, tatsoi, watercress (yau choy)
Arugula, lettuce, mâche, nasturtium leaves, spinach, Swiss chard, watercress
Apple, apricot, kiwi, mango, melon, nectarine, papaya, peach, pear, pineapple, watermelon
Blood orange, clementine, lemon, lime, mandarin, Meyer lemon, navel orange, tangerine
Anise hyssop, basil, borage, chervil, chives, cilantro, dill, fennel, garlic chives, hyssop, lavender, mint, parsley, salad burnet, shiso, summer savory, tarragon, za’atar
Soft or Crumbly Cheeses: Cottage cheese, cream cheese, crème fraîche, feta, sour cream, yogurt cheese
Almonds, black walnuts, peanuts, pine nuts, pistachios, walnuts
Caraway seeds, celery seeds, coriander, cumin, dill seeds, black peppercorns, sumac
Citrus: Lemon, lime, key lime, orange, tangerine, Meyer lemon, yuzu, preserved lemons
Vinegars: Champagne, rice, rice wine, Sichuan Pepper, white wine, herb vinegars, fruit vinegars
Herbs: Ginger, young ginger, horseradish
Specialties: Capers, hot pepper sauce, sumac
Fresh Chili Peppers: Anaheim, banana, cayenne, chile de árbol, Fresno, Hungarian hot wax, jalapeño, serrano, red serrano, Thai bird’s eye, green bird’s eye, Thai dragon
Ground Chili Peppers: Aleppo, cayenne, Maraş pul biber, paprika, Hungarian half-sharp paprika, Hungarian sweet paprika, hot smoked paprika, sweet smoked paprika, red pepper flakes, sansho pepper, Korean pepper threads, urfa biber
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