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

dinosnopro
dinosnopro Posts: 2,177 Member
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....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?
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  • Ketomaniac9
    Ketomaniac9 Posts: 108 Member
    LOL @ thread title
  • jesterx888
    jesterx888 Posts: 181
    I really thought this thread was going a different route.........
  • pullipgirl
    pullipgirl Posts: 767 Member
    pesticides have a bitter taste I guess it wipes some of it off?
  • arnoswife
    arnoswife Posts: 228 Member
    I really thought this thread was going a different route.........

    my thoughts too, very disappointed......................................:ohwell: :cry:
  • PinkEarthMama
    PinkEarthMama Posts: 987 Member
    BHAHAH.

    It doesn't actually do anything if you've washed the cucumber.
  • JanetLM73
    JanetLM73 Posts: 1,226 Member
    I love cucumbers. I've never rubbed it though.
  • dollipop
    dollipop Posts: 379 Member
    Have you seen what happens if you shake a sea cucumber though? :laugh:
  • Farfourah
    Farfourah Posts: 896 Member
    It becomes flaccid, I think.
  • AimeeLynn90
    AimeeLynn90 Posts: 94
    LOL @ thread title


    My thoughts exactly.
  • dinosnopro
    dinosnopro Posts: 2,177 Member
    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
    obsidianwings Posts: 1,237 Member
    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
    spynoodle Posts: 404
    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
    12by311 Posts: 1,716 Member
    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
    spynoodle Posts: 404
    It becomes flaccid, I think.

    Then you're not doing it right!
  • DaSavedSinner
    DaSavedSinner Posts: 211 Member
    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
    DarwinChick95 Posts: 144 Member
    hahaha i thought this was going to be something else hahahahahahahahaha
  • carolemack
    carolemack Posts: 1,276 Member
    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
    bikinibeliever Posts: 832 Member
    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
    dollipop Posts: 379 Member
    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
    jesska812 Posts: 102 Member
    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
    blasiansrus Posts: 151
    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
    Mercenary1914 Posts: 1,087 Member
    I love cucumbers. I've never rubbed it though.

    why does this innocent quote make me laugh?
  • alaw1119
    alaw1119 Posts: 68 Member
    hahaha! i love cucumbers and have never heard this!
  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
    ....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
    jayayach Posts: 178 Member
    This whole thread made me giggle!:blushing: :laugh: :noway:
  • MsNewBooty83
    MsNewBooty83 Posts: 985 Member
    ....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
    ElizaRoche Posts: 2,005 Member
    who knows!.. but I also do that, my mom told me :laugh:
  • mandasimba
    mandasimba Posts: 782 Member
    I've always been confused by the cucumber too!

    http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/304586143d/i-don-t-understand-job
  • AmyW4225
    AmyW4225 Posts: 302 Member
    It becomes flaccid, I think.

    Then you're not doing it right!

    :laugh: I was thinking the same thing.
  • Jennical
    Jennical Posts: 219 Member
    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....

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