Cucumbers are an important part of many dishes. The most relevant are, of course, in the summer, as this vegetable can be found in any outlet. Identify with a choice among such a diverse range - it's not an easy task. But, if you follow the below tips, you can buy delicious, high quality cucumbers for your meal.
What to look for when choosing cucumbers
- At the very beginning, you need to carefully consider the vegetable: its appearance and shade of rind. Give preference to cucumbers of bright green color. To touch such a vegetable should be quite dense. If the cucumber is fresh, the color of its peel will be saturated, almost without gloss. Too shiny peel may indicate that the vegetable was "overfed" with nitrates or processed with wax.
- Cucumbers of good quality, as a rule, should have a strong, elastic structure. Any stains, cracks or bruising on the surface of the vegetable are not permissible. Pay special attention to the tail. Withered tail - a sign of stale cucumbers. If it so happened that you bought sluggish dried vegetables, then you can restore their appearance with the help of cold water. Dip the flabby cucumbers into it - in about four hours they will become elastic again.
- Do not buy cucumbers too large, choose vegetables no longer than 10-15 cm. Too large cucumbers are overgrown. There are too many seeds in them. In addition, overgrown vegetables often have a watery taste and unpleasant bitterness. The fact that you offer cucumbers, overgrown, can indicate their yellow tint. From the counter with such vegetables it is better to move away.
- Another important point in choosing cucumbers is their smell. Quality cut cucumber usually has a fresh, characteristic for this vegetable flavor. If instead of it you have heard any additional impurities, for example, chemicals, most likely such a cucumber will harm your health.
- It is not easy to store cucumbers, as they are very delicate and whimsical vegetables. That's why you should pay attention to the room where the vegetables are. It is best to store them in a cool and humid place, for example, in a refrigerator. If all the conditions for preserving the appearance of cucumbers are met, this vegetable will please you within two to three weeks. It is undesirable for cucumbers to stay in a plastic bag for a long time. On the packaged vegetables, the date of their packaging must be stamped out. Be careful.
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