I like produce. I like to grow it. I like to eat it. I like to create recipes with it. I’m also kind of a nerd and like to get to know my produce. I like learning new or fun tidbits of info about the produce I’m growing/eating/baking. If you’re a weirdo like me then buckle up for this new series as I dive into a plethora of produce facts and share them with you.
10 Fun Facts About Cucumbers!
1. While most of the cucumbers grown in the US are green, cucumbers come in many sizes, shapes, textures, and colors, including white, yellow, and even orange.
2. Cucumbers eliminate bad breath. Just put a slice of cucumber on the roof of your mouth for about 30 seconds and your bad breath will be gone.
3. The outside waxy coating on a smooth cucumber skin can erase ink.
4. Honey bees are often transported to cucumber farms where there aren’t any bees because cucumbers need them for pollination.
5. You don’t even need soil to grow a cucumber! Cucumbers can be grown in water! Anyone ever tried this?
6. The cucumber is one of the earliest domesticated vegetables. At over 4,000 years old it was used in over 40 various remedies and was also used heavily as a supernatural ingredient for many spells, wards and religious ceremonies in Ancient Rome.
7. Cucumbers can actually cool the body and the blood, which is where the phrase “cool as a cucumber” came from!
8. Most of the flavor in the cucumber comes from the seeds. If you cut around the seeds you will change the overall flavor.
9. Cucumbers are one of the few veggies you cannot cook. They are always eaten raw, juiced or blended in smoothies. When cooked they turn to mush. Gross.
10. China is the world’s top producer of cucumbers with over 41 million TONS of cucumbers produced annually {that accounts for 75% of the world’s cucumber production!}. <– I had no idea!!!
Had you heard any of those fun facts before? Do you have any of your own to add? Is there a particular produce item you want to know more about? I take requests!
Grow on,
Mavis
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