Market Watch: Persian cucumbers tastefully taking over
Los Angeles Times / David Karp
28-Apr-2011 (one comment)


At Southern California farmers markets, Persian cucumbers are at the forefront of a no-tasteless-blimps revolution.

Persian cucumbers grown by Beylik Family Farms in Fillmore, at the Hollywood… (David Karp)

Ten years ago, Elizabeth Schneider, the doyenne of produce writers, called for "a cucumber revolution" in her definitive book, "Vegetables From Amaranth to Zucchini". Denouncing the standard American slicing varieties, she implored, "Refuse to buy pumped-up, tasteless, seedy blimps with greasy, thick, nasty skin masquerading as cucumbers!"

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Simorgh5555

Peel the skin first!

by Simorgh5555 on Thu Apr 28, 2011 02:49 PM PDT

They will enjoy it more with the skin peeled and salt sprinkled on it. 


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