How big is your average cucumber?

amusedmonkey

I wasn't sure where to post this, because it's more of a curiosity than nutrition.

Inches not being my standard measuring unit, I just logged a cucumber as a cucumber without paying attention to the size. How off could it be? It's mostly water. Today I had some weird cucumber craving and and had four average ones. When I measured them they came at 220 grams. To my shock, the four combined had less calories than the 1 I had been logging before! Are your average cucumbers really that big?

I've noticed the same thing for bananas, where 1 banana is usually equal to the calories of two of our average ones.

The exception to this was pita bread. Our SMALL pita is 4 times the size of a medium pita listed on here.

alexuh

I don't know why I found the title of this thread so amusing :indifferent:

neandermagnon

They're much smaller in the Arab world than they are in the west.

But the Arab ones taste sweeter and make nicer salads.

flumi_f

Amusing....but it is also the reason I weigh everything in gramms and do not use volume except sometimes for liquids.

And I mean, what is an average medium sized apple, pear, orange, tomato, potato etc. The list goes on...

michellemybelll

I don't know why I found the title of this thread so amusing :indifferent:

yep. made me giggle. as did the OP.

gutter minds unite!

amusedmonkey

This was intended as a discussion about foods having different average sizes in different places. I'm glad it was amusing though

So have you been to place where some foods were not the size you are used to?

surfinbird_1981

I don't know why I found the title of this thread so amusing :indifferent:

I did too

jennifer_417

Not what I thought this thread was going to be. I am disappoint.

amusedmonkey

Ha! I should have used a different title "what does the average cucumber in your country weigh". I just find cultural differences to be really interesting, especially when it comes to food. How it's eaten, how it's prepared and even how big is an average serving. Oh well, it's my own fault. I should have phrased it better.

robmac13h

I don't know why I found the title of this thread so amusing :indifferent:

I did too

me too

funforsports

So i assume you take the whole cucumber in, even the big ones. No point in wasting a good one.

michellemybelll

So have you been to place where some foods were not the size you are used to?

so, food is what the kids are calling it these days 'eh?

surfinbird_1981

So i assume you take the whole cucumber in, even the big ones. No point in wasting a good one.

:laugh:

jennifer_417

Ha! I should have used a different title "what does the average cucumber in your country weigh". I just find cultural differences to be really interesting, especially when it comes to food. How it's eaten, how it's prepared and even how big is an average serving. Oh well, it's my own fault. I should have phrased it better.

Nah, it's not your fault we're bunch of sickos!:flowerforyou:

Frood42

It's Cucumber these days, hhhmmmm.
What happened to the bannanas the visiting school nurses used?

:laugh:

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MelodyandBarbells

It's nice to know we can make cucumbers fit. Cos I was pretty worried, to be honest

Karissa_Clohan

I don't know why I found the title of this thread so amusing :indifferent:

As did I... We've been here too long :ohwell:
I almost feel a bit guilty that I came to this thread expecting pages of .gifs and innuendos.

Captain_Wobbles

From my experience , the average size is around 4-7 inches but people on the internet tend to exaggerate and you will find that most people have cucumbers in excess of 13 inches. :-X

Back on topic though, i happen to have some cucumbers and since i have absolutely nothing to do right now i measured and weighed each one to get an average of something we would buy in supermarkets on the east coast of America that would usually be referred to as "generic medium cucumber" on a search.

Cucumber #1 :382.52 grams 7.3750 inches
Cucumber #2 405.38 grams 9.25 inches
Cucumber #3 384.82 grams 7.6875 inches
Cucumber #4 365.71 grams.6.8750 inches
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Averages 384.6075 grams 7.80 inches

amusedmonkey

From my experience , the average size is around 4-7 inches but people on the internet tend to exaggerate and you will find that most people have cucumbers in excess of 13 inches. :-X

Back on topic though, i happen to have some cucumbers and since i have absolutely nothing to do right now i measured and weighed each one to get an average of something we would buy in supermarkets on the east coast of America that would usually be referred to as "generic medium cucumber" on a search.

Cucumber #1 :382.52 grams 7.3750 inches
Cucumber #2 405.38 grams 9.25 inches
Cucumber #3 384.82 grams 7.6875 inches
Cucumber #4 365.71 grams.6.8750 inches
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Averages 384.6075 grams 7.80 inches

Interesting! I was curious if that really WAS an average. Turns out to be true. Cucumbers in Russia are about the same size as the ones here (though a different type, the kind that has bumps) , so these are the only 2 cultural references I had. Thank you for answering. I reposted my question rephrased on another thread and it got no answers.

Kestrelwings

Ah, but which is more satisfying - one big cucumber or repeated smaller ones?

Dare I ask if you were peeling the cucumbers or keeping them whole? :bigsmile:

funforsports

Ah, but which is more satisfying - one big cucumber or repeated smaller ones?

Dare I ask if you were peeling the cucumbers or keeping them whole? :bigsmile:

Another thing to consider is how fast you can finish the cucumber. It is most certainly more satisfying to savor the long lasting ones but nothing wrong with finishing one quickly so you can get another.