If you rub your cucumber.......

dinosnopro

....after you cut the end off, does it make it less bitter? My grandma always told me to do this, any truth to it? I know that the more water they get while growing makes them less bitter to begin with. Was my grandma full of it?

Ketomaniac9

LOL @ thread title

jesterx888

I really thought this thread was going a different route.........

pullipgirl

pesticides have a bitter taste I guess it wipes some of it off?

arnoswife

I really thought this thread was going a different route.........

my thoughts too, very disappointed......................................:ohwell:

PinkEarthMama

BHAHAH.

It doesn't actually do anything if you've washed the cucumber.

JanetLM73

I love cucumbers. I've never rubbed it though.

dollipop

Have you seen what happens if you shake a sea cucumber though? :laugh:

Farfourah

It becomes flaccid, I think.

AimeeLynn90

LOL @ thread title

My thoughts exactly.

dinosnopro

I am laughing at the response ratio, you women must love a good cucumber thread. But am I the only one that was told this?

obsidianwings

I LOLed at the title to. No, I have never heard this, then again I have never found cucumbers to be particularly bitter anyway.

spynoodle

I am laughing at the response ratio, you women must love a good cucumber thread. But am I the only one that was told this?

I was taught to rub the cucumber too!:blushing:

12by311

I am laughing at the response ratio, you women must love a good cucumber thread. But am I the only one that was told this?

It's true. You slice the ends off and rub them (just on each end) before peeling or slicing the rest of it.

spynoodle

It becomes flaccid, I think.

Then you're not doing it right!

DaSavedSinner

I am laughing at the response ratio, you women must love a good cucumber thread. But am I the only one that was told this?

I was taught to rub the cucumber too!:blushing:

:noway: :noway: :noway:

DarwinChick95

hahaha i thought this was going to be something else hahahahahahahahaha

carolemack

I am laughing at the response ratio, you women must love a good cucumber thread. But am I the only one that was told this?

You are not the only one...my ex-husband would not eat a cucumber unless you cut off one end and rubbed it against the remaining cucumber...but then he was mighty strange to begin with! :laugh: Now me, I have never eaten a cucumber so I can not verify the truth of his belief.

bikinibeliever

I am laughing at the response ratio, you women must love a good cucumber thread. But am I the only one that was told this?

I always heard people saying don't rub your cucumber because it can cause blind...... oh wait, never mind. Ummm cucumber, nope, can't bring anything up from memory on that one. :laugh:

dollipop

I am laughing at the response ratio, you women must love a good cucumber thread. But am I the only one that was told this?

I have seriously never heard of this.

jesska812

Haha I couldn't go past a good cucumber thread!!

I was actually told this by my grandmother but I've never tried it.

blasiansrus

I am laughing at the response ratio, you women must love a good cucumber thread. But am I the only one that was told this?

It's true. You slice the ends off and rub them (just on each end) before peeling or slicing the rest of it.

^this

Mercenary1914

I love cucumbers. I've never rubbed it though.

why does this innocent quote make me laugh?

alaw1119

hahaha! i love cucumbers and have never heard this!

taunto

....after you cut the end off, does it make it less bitter? My grandma always told me to do this, any truth to it? I know that the more water they get while growing makes them less bitter to begin with. Was my grandma full of it?

Your grandma is correct. However its a not a win/win situation because if the cucumber is not bitter to begin with, then you lose some flavor out of it and cucumber just tastes bland which is why most of the time people use with something else to give it its own flavor. However if you just wanna chow down on a cucumber and after you rub the top and it tastes flavorless, just use some salt and rub it again and you should be fine

(All this is from personal experience and what my mother have taught me. Possibly broscience but idc since it has helped me)

jayayach

This whole thread made me giggle!:blushing: :laugh: :noway:

MsNewBooty83

....after you cut the end off, does it make it less bitter? My grandma always told me to do this, any truth to it? I know that the more water they get while growing makes them less bitter to begin with. Was my grandma full of it?

i think ur grandma was just a f'n with you. lmao. thats hilarious!

ElizaRoche

who knows!.. but I also do that, my mom told me :laugh:

mandasimba

I've always been confused by the cucumber too!

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/304586143d/i-don-t-understand-job

AmyW4225

It becomes flaccid, I think.

Then you're not doing it right!

:laugh: I was thinking the same thing.

Jennical

No you're not! I still do it. My grandmother always did...And she also said something about which side to start slicing it first, but that I do not remember. P/S..sorry I cannot answer your question tho....