Japanese wrinkled cucumbers: breed?
 

Years and years ago (the early 70s) my parents used to vacation at a
place outside West Townsend, Vermont, called (I think) Wyndham Hill
Farm.

The owners grew all their own vegetables on-site and a big part of
WHF's attractiveness were the gourmet meals they prepared with them.

Many afternoon lunches featured sandwiches made with what we were told
were Japanese cucumbers--these were dark purple on the outside,
purplish-green on the inside, had very wrinkled skins (which were
eaten along with the rest of the cuke), and had a very crisp, almost
nutlike taste.

Does anybody have any idea what these might have been? I've looked at
literally hundreds of seed catalogs over the years and nothing called
a "japanese cucumber" per se has even looked remotely similar to what
I remember.

Before I die, I would love to eat another one of those delicious
sandwiches!

viv

Japanese wrinkled cucumbers: breed?
 

hi vivian

IMHO, it's more likely to a 'pickled eggplant'.
i would show you a pic of the same sorta stuff, so you could check it
out whether my guess might be on the right track or not?
http://www.e-recipe.org/weekly/0106w3.html

Ono

Japanese wrinkled cucumbers: breed?
 

On 22 Mar 2006 19:42:05 -0800, "tinyplanter"
wrote:

hi vivian

IMHO, it's more likely to a 'pickled eggplant'.
i would show you a pic of the same sorta stuff, so you could check it
out whether my guess might be on the right track or not?
http://www.e-recipe.org/weekly/0106w3.html

Ono

Well, to tell you the truth, given my complete and utter failure to
find anything in the cucumber family that remotely resembles what I
remember, I've often wondered if it could have been something like you
mention.

Unfortunately, the pictures you link to don't resemble my beloved
cukes of yesteryear and I can definitely assure you the raw vegetable
itself was served (I helped pick them several times), not anything
pickled.

Thanks for the suggestion, however.

viv

Japanese wrinkled cucumbers: breed?
 

You might just try sending an email to this company and see if you can get
an answer.

http://www.kitazawaseed.com/








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On 22 Mar 2006 19:42:05 -0800, "tinyplanter"
wrote:

hi vivian

IMHO, it's more likely to a 'pickled eggplant'.
i would show you a pic of the same sorta stuff, so you could check it
out whether my guess might be on the right track or not?
http://www.e-recipe.org/weekly/0106w3.html

Ono

Well, to tell you the truth, given my complete and utter failure to
find anything in the cucumber family that remotely resembles what I
remember, I've often wondered if it could have been something like you
mention.

Unfortunately, the pictures you link to don't resemble my beloved
cukes of yesteryear and I can definitely assure you the raw vegetable
itself was served (I helped pick them several times), not anything
pickled.

Thanks for the suggestion, however.

viv

Japanese wrinkled cucumbers: breed?
 

On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 10:09:15 -0800, "Valkyrie"
wrote:

You might just try sending an email to this company and see if you can get
an answer.

http://www.kitazawaseed.com/

Thank you!

The Suhyo Cross looks very, very interesting and I have placed an
order. Now if we could just get some decent gardening weather. (Alas,
I'm Zone 4.)

viv

Japanese wrinkled cucumbers: breed?
 

In article ,
vivian wrote:

On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 10:09:15 -0800, "Valkyrie"
wrote:

You might just try sending an email to this company and see if you can get
an answer.

http://www.kitazawaseed.com/

Thank you!

The Suhyo Cross looks very, very interesting and I have placed an
order. Now if we could just get some decent gardening weather. (Alas,
I'm Zone 4.)

viv

I guess you know about Johnny's selected seeds. Maine Folks USA zone 4
or colder?

They carry Suyo Long Cucumbers . Johnnyseeds.com

Bill

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Japanese wrinkled cucumbers: breed?
 

William Wagner said:

In article ,
vivian wrote:

The Suhyo Cross looks very, very interesting and I have placed an
order. Now if we could just get some decent gardening weather. (Alas,
I'm Zone 4.)

viv

I guess you know about Johnny's selected seeds. Maine Folks USA zone 4
or colder?

They carry Suyo Long Cucumbers . Johnnyseeds.com

Johnny's also carries several varieties of edible gourds.
In particular, note the luffa ('Rama') and the snake
gourd ('Polo') which are very ridged/wrinkled.

http://www.johnnyseeds.com/catalog/s...gory=1&subcate
gory=602

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Japanese wrinkled cucumbers: breed?
 

This is just my second thought.
In japan, we have a recipe called 'shibazuke'.
i just can't dare giving up the idea of this when i had re-read your
thread.
It's a sort of pickles (again a pickles!!!) of cucumbers (not a
eggplant!!!) using some salt, sweet vinegar, extracted juice from red
japanese basil (i think this is the central item for this sort of
pickles that make pickles purple.) and red ginger etc..
You claimed that they were raw cucumbers, but we have another type of
pickles that were made overnight. In such cases, they taste almost the
same with the raw materials, very crunchy.
i 'm not sure about my guess though.
-Ono