CUCUMBER SLICER
Cucumber is the fruit of a herbaceous plant whose botanical name is Cucumis ssp. and it belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae, fruits like watermelon or melon and other vegetables like squash and zucchini. Has elongated shape becomes rounded at both ends, as a rule reaches 15 to 25 cm long and 5 cm (except that pickled gherkins consumed and arrive at most 15 cm in length). Its weight is usually between 30 and 200 grams, depending on the variety. Green-skinned with light beige tones at their ends, contains a meat or whitish pulp in the center are the seeds. It stresses in food as a fresh product, something tasteless (similar to unripe melons) but blends perfectly with countless salads prepared from ingredients from the garden or field flavor
NUTRITIONS FACTS AND HEALTH
Cucumbers, like other vegetables, has a high level of water in its composition, close to 90%, and low calorie intake by low content in carbohydrates, making it an ideal food in regulating weight diets, combined with numerous vegetables in the processing of fresh summer salads..
VARIETIES
There are several factors that determine the classification of varieties of cucumber although the most widespread refers to its shape and size, highlighting: short cucumber or gherkin (Spanish type). The size is less than 15 cm. They have green shades with yellowish- white stripes. They are widely used for making pickles.
NUTRITIONS FACTS AND HEALTH
Cucumbers, like other vegetables, has a high level of water in its composition, close to 90%, and low calorie intake by low content in carbohydrates, making it an ideal food in regulating weight diets, combined with numerous vegetables in the processing of fresh summer salads.
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