Cucumbers are an essential component of a wide variety of dishes. This vegetable becomes especially popular in the summer season, when cucumbers are sold everywhere. Making sense of this abundance is not easy. By observing the following recommendations, you can choose high-quality and mouth-watering cucumbers for your table.
Instructions
Step 1
The first thing you should pay attention to when choosing cucumbers is their appearance and color. Choose vegetables with a bright green skin and firm texture. The color of fresh cucumbers is rich, but not too shiny. If the cucumbers have unnatural reflections on the skin, they may be waxed or stuffed with fertilizers. The vegetables should be firm and firm to the touch, without dark spots, bruises and cracks on the surface. Carefully examine the tail, if it looks too lethargic and wilted, it means that the cucumbers are not the very first freshness in front of you. If you nevertheless purchased flabby and dried cucumbers, they can be reanimated by dipping them into a dish of cold water. After a few hours, they will return to their elastic shape.
Step 2
Don't choose oversized cucumbers. The optimal size of the most popular cucumber varieties is 10-15 cm. Too large cucumbers are overgrown, often have a watery taste and a large number of seeds. Another sign that the vegetable has overgrown is yellow coloration. You should also refrain from buying such yellowed cucumbers. In addition, small cucumbers are much less bitter than large ones.
Step 3
Another significant factor that speaks about the quality of the product is its aroma. If possible, sniff the cut vegetable. The smell should be fresh, characteristic of a cucumber. Don't buy cucumbers that smell like foreign matter, especially chemicals.
Step 4
Cucumbers are very tender and capricious vegetables to store. Therefore, always pay attention to the places in which the goods are located. The best place for them would be a cool room with a fairly high humidity, such as a refrigerator. Under these conditions, most cucumber varieties stay fresh for about 2-3 weeks. It is not recommended to keep vegetables in a plastic bag for a long time, so if you buy prepackaged cucumbers, be sure to look at the packaging date.
