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Ridge cucumbers

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Ridge cucumbers

Postby Dena » Sat Sep 21, 2013 6:37 pm

What's the difference between these and ordinary ones please. i know they look different and I think I remember they are more bitter. If used in pickles do they lose the bitterness?

Ridge https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ridge ... =559&dpr=1

I'd be grateful for any info :thumbsup

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Re: Ridge cucumbers

Postby Stokey Sue » Sun Sep 22, 2013 9:03 pm

They are outdoor cucumbers, and the skin can be thick and bitter especially on large ones

Unless small & tender you peel, slice, salt and let them weep before making cucumber salads - like you do with most Mediterranean cucumbers, which tend to be ridge varieties; did you not have them in Majorca?

Nice for a change; I usually taste a slice before deciding what to do

I guess they are used in pickles but I've never done that

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