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The cucumber is the edible fruit of the cucumber plant Cucumis sativus, which belongs to the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, as do melons and squash. The plant has been cultivated for 3000 years and is widely cultivated today. The cucumber plant has large leaves that form a canopy over the fruit. The vine is grown on the ground or on trellises, often in greenhouses.
The fruit is commonly harvested while still green, though generally after the fruits outgrow their spines. They are eaten as a vegetable, either raw, cooked, or made into pickled cucumbers. Although less nutritious than most fruit, the fresh cucumber is still a very good source of vitamin C, vitamin K, and potassium, and also provides some dietary fiber, vitamin A, vitamin B6, thiamin, folate, pantothenic acid, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, copper, and manganese. The pickling process removes or degrades much of the nutrient content, especially that of vitamin C.
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For a Jewish christmas we stuff the turkey with pickled herring and eat christmas pudd with pickled cucumbers. Mmmm
MichaelRosenYes (Michael Rosen) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:37:20 -0000
For a Jewish christmas we stuff the turkey with pickled herring and eat christmas pudd with pickled cucumbers. Mmmm
@KayyLynnay your silly. I miss you as well. You'll be back soon. :) dream of cucumbers baby.
BabyyBrina (Sabrina Hurtado) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 09:51:09 -0000
@KayyLynnay your silly. I miss you as well. You'll be back soon. :) dream of cucumbers baby.
ijuss hadd thee bxmb'est saladd -- cucumbers, chesse, bacon bits, croutons, ranch, l000 island, salt&pepper && sum doritos haha
itzjazzieebee (jazziee) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 09:17:21 -0000
ijuss hadd thee bxmb'est saladd -- cucumbers, chesse, bacon bits, croutons, ranch, l000 island, salt&pepper && sum doritos haha
did you know pickles are cucumbers???
xox_tyana (Tyana Taplin ) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:27:32 -0000
did you know pickles are cucumbers???
i want to put cucumbers on my eyes
freakystyleyx3 (dookz) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:00:54 -0000
i want to put cucumbers on my eyes
comedybot: I think pickles are cucumbers that sold out. They sold their soul to the devil... and the devil was Dill.... http://bit.ly/4TyDi9
robertamulan (roberta mulan) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:43:01 -0000
comedybot: I think pickles are cucumbers that sold out. They sold their soul to the devil... and the devil was Dill.... http://bit.ly/4TyDi9
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