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Why are my cucumbers bitter?
"J.C." wrote in message news "Pete from Boston" wrote in message oups.com... BFan wrote: I had a decent cucumber crop this year, but most of them have had a strong bitter taste on the stem side of the cucumber. If I cut away abut 1/3 of the length of the cucumber, the rest is usually very good. What makes them bitter? For what it's worth, my grandmother used to attribute this to over-handling/stepping on/etc. the vines and leaves, which seems in keeping with the stress explanation. Pick some when they are about half the size of the ones you see in a grocery store. If they taste alright, you are probably leaving them on the vine to long. -- J.C. That is absolutely wrong, size doesn't determine bitterness. |
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