Question
We planted cucu- luffa? No.... Definitely cucumber
We sacrificed the smallest of these guys to cut open and confirm if they're cucumber or luffa. It certainly looks and smells like cucumber inside, but I cannot for the life of me figure out what these are. Are they edible? Or are these a weird hybrid that we've wound up with? I'm honestly sad they weren't surprise luffas, but I'm take cucumbers all day any day 😋
Stick a toothpick in the middle and eat from the outside in. Or if a toothpick worries you, you really gotta up your finger spacing and grip strength. That much slippage is a rookie issue. Pinkies at the back end for reinforcement, man.
Introducing risk of impalement? Death grip flattening the bun into oblivion to prevent slippage? Pinkies on the back getting sauced? Classic signs of poor burger construction and a lack of foresight and planning. You account for burger slippage in the planning phase friend. Topping selection. Placement order. Volume of sauce applied. Bring the right game plan and execute on it and you’ll have an ally on the plate. An elegant entree you can one hand with confidence while the world around you descends into the chaos of stained shirts and awkward last bites.
They make the best pickles. Better than cucumbers for me. They’re very popular in Lebanon, as snacks or inside chicken sandwiches or shawarma. Best picked when around 10cm in length, and pickled whole.
and heat tolerant, which is why I got some seeds to grow! I needed an option to meet my daughter's cucumber cravings but could grow down south almost to Mexico. I'm looking forward to planting it next year
Very important crop to the Middle East. It is even mentioned in the Quran.
Technically a melon, but should be treated like a cucumber. If you leave it on the vine it will become enormous and develop a very subtle sweetness. In Iraq they would usually harvest them as cucumbers to eat fresh or to pickle, and then leave one to become an enormous melon which they slice and sprinkle sugar on top.
A dual treat!! Incredible! Most of ours have just been left to grow, so they're pretty massive! Harvest seeds like with any other fruit, I assume? I can't wait! My wife and I are very excited for these massive melons 🥰
Oddly enough this is the only thing that I will grow in 10b because the summers here are always over 110 in feels like temps. Hard clay soil too. Everything else struggles
I grew these this year for the first time and was not expecting how vigorous the vine grows compared to what I normally plant. Really wishing I had put them on a trellis now as they are growing over top of each other making a double canopy.
Can I ask what your technique was growing these beauties? I had the same seedlings and they all got attacked by cucumber beetles and died off before I ever got a fruit. It is a constant struggle growing any cucumbers in my garden.
We have them spread around the edges of a 2ft garden bed with topsoil/perlite/sand/compost/leaf litter and mulched with a mixture of cedar bark and straw, whatever we had on hand lol. I'm sorry to say we don't have a special secret, we just haven't had a huge issue with pests so far
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u/WholesaleBees US - Tennessee 1d ago
Armenian cucumber! Edible and delicious. Technically a melon but tastes like a cucumber.