Category: Fruits

If you include cucumber in your dinner, you will not feel heaviness or acidity at night. Also, while you sleep, the fruit will be helping you lose weight. What happens if you eat a cucumber at night? It contains an ingredient called cucurbitacin, which is a powerful ingredient, known to cause indigestion problems. Even a […]

Cucumber with its high quantum of water makes for an ideal vegetable to load up on, if you are struggling with digestive woes and problems like constipation. It softens the stool and facilitates its passage through the intestinal walls. Is cucumber good for hard stool? Cucumbers are high in water and promote hydration. Staying hydrated […]

Cucumber Sandwiches High quality soft white sandwich bread (16 slices), with the crusts removed (about 1 loaf) 1 English cucumber. 8 ounces softened cream cheese quarter-cup mayonnaise. One-tablespoon minced fresh dill. One-tablespoon minced fresh chives. One-tablespoon lemon juice. What goes with cucumber? Almonds, basil, chervil, coriander, cumin, dill, macadamia, mint, oregano, paprika, parsley, pine nuts, […]

The unique pairing of peanut butter and cucumbers makes a perfect lunch or filling for tea sandwiches. What veggies go well with peanut butter? If you’d like to keep the calories low, skip crackers and bread. Instead, eat your peanut butter on sliced vegetables or fruits. Celery, apples, carrots, bananas and strawberries are good choices […]

The unique pairing of peanut butter and cucumbers makes a perfect lunch or filling for tea sandwiches. What vegetables go good with peanut butter? If you’d like to keep the calories low, skip crackers and bread. Instead, eat your peanut butter on sliced vegetables or fruits. Celery, apples, carrots, bananas and strawberries are good choices […]

Botanically considered fruits Though many people think of cucumbers as vegetables, the scientific definition indicates that they’re a type of fruit. This distinction is based primarily on the biological function of the cucumber itself. In botany (the study of plants), fruits allow a flowering plant to reproduce. Is a cucumber scientifically a fruit? The botanical […]

They’re both gourds, they’re both green, and they’re both technically fruit—although we treat them as vegetables. They’re cucumber and zucchini, two plants that are frequently confused for each other but that each have a character all of their own, with uses ranging from raita to pickles and cake to courgetti. What fruit is similar to […]

Preparing the lemon cucumbers for the salad is easy: cut in half crosswise, and then scoop out the watery seeds using a spoon. This will keep your salad crisp (not watery) and more digestible. Peeling the cucumbers is not necessary since the nutrients, color, and crunch is in the skin. Can you eat the seeds […]

Cucumbers are a type of edible plant that belongs to the gourd family. It’s widely cultivated and makes a nutritious addition to any diet. Cucumber is usually considered a vegetable because of how it’s used in the culinary world. However, as it grows from flowers and contains seeds, it’s botanically a fruit. What category of […]

The Three Amigos The product owner – This person is most concerned with the scope of the application. The tester – This person will be generating lots of Scenarios, and lots of edge cases. The developer – This person will add many of the Steps to the Scenarios, and think of the details that go […]

Q #23) Explain the purpose of keywords that are used for writing a scenario in Cucumber. Answer: “Given” keyword is used to specify a precondition for the scenario. What are the keywords used in Cucumber for writing a scenario? The primary keywords are: Feature. Rule (as of Gherkin 6) Example (or Scenario ) Given , […]

Before you make your own cucumber water, wash the cucumber well to remove any dirt or bacteria. If you want, you can peel the skin off of the cucumber using a vegetable peeler or a paring knife. Do you leave the skin on for cucumber water? What is this? English cucumbers are long and straight, […]

the phrase appeared in the work of the British poet John Gay in his poem, “New Song on New Similes.” Gay penned the piece in 1732, with the phrase, “Cool as a cucumber could see the rest of womankind.” The phrase supposedly embodies the characteristics of cucumbers. What does it mean to call someone a […]

Promotes Hair Growth: Dr. Anju says, “Cucumber juice is extremely good for your hair. It contains silicon and sulphur which collectively stop hair fall, and promote healthy hair.” Do cucumbers make your hair grow faster? The rich sulfur and potassium content present in cucumber stops hair fall and stimulates hair growth. Cucumber juice provides silicon, […]

Recipes that call for a seeded cucumber are usually looking for that light fresh taste that comes from the inside of the cucumber. The seeds can also add too much additional moisture to recipes if they’re left intact, and the seeds in large, very mature cucumbers are just plain unpleasant to consume. Why do people […]

Echinocystis lobata. Look closely and you’ll notice the leaves and individual flowers look just like that of cucumber – this is wild cucumber or balsam-apple, Echinocystis lobata. The name Echinocystis comes from the Greek echinos for “hedgehog” and cystis for “bladder”, appropriately describing the spiny fruit. What looks like a cucumber but isn t? What […]

Cucumbers range in size from 5 to 60 cm, depending on the cultivar. What is the size of a cucumber seed? Length, width and thickness of the cucumber seeds and kernels of Rashid variety were measured and dimensional properties of them were also calculated (Table 2). The length, width, and thickness of the seeds ranged […]

Cucumbers. The oval seed leaves of emerging cucumber and squash plants look very much alike, but the cucumber’s true leaves will be triangular and lobed with a fuzzy surface and serrated (toothy) edges. As the cucumber vine develops, its delicate-looking but tenacious tendrils will grip and climb anything in their path What are true leaves […]

Cucumber leaves are somewhat triangular in shape, with pointed lobes. The texture of the whole plant is rough and prickly. Cucumber flowers are yellow and most commonly monoecious, requiring both male and female blossoms to produce fruits. What is the texture of cucumber? Cucumbers with an excessive size usually have a bitterer taste and soft […]

STEP 5: The first two leaves on your cucumber seedlings are called “cotyledon” leaves (they’re round and thick). The next leaves that develop are the first set of “true leaves” (they’ll have a jagged-edge). About 10-14 days after germination, your cucumber seedlings will get their first true leaves. What do cucumber true leaves look like? […]