"Beside containing lots of water (95%), almost no calories (14kcal/100g), cucumbers contain biological substances for beauty. Isn’t it great that such a unique, inexpensive, super food grows in our gardens?! Cucumbers nourish us from the inside and beautify us from the outside."
Ingredients:
cucumbers
½ middle-size onion
pumpkinseed oil
apple vinegar
salt flower
cucumbers
½ middle-size onion
pumpkinseed oil
apple vinegar
salt flower
Method:
- Slice the cucumbers thinly (remove the part toward the stem, which tastes bitter).
- Add finely slices onion and season well with pumpkinseed oil.
- There is no need to peel the young cucumbers, because the peel contains a vitamin E. Nevertheless, peel riper cucumbers with thicker peel.
Why are some cucumbers bitter?
- Cucumbers contains bitter compounds. Not all the same amount. The most bitter are the pickling cucumbers.
- The bitterness increases, if you damage its stem during growing period. The cucumber needs to mature faster. The faster growth results in a higher level of the bitter compounds.
- The cucumber is the most bitter at the stem, through which it gets all the nourishment. That’s why we cut of this part. The more bitter cucumber is, the larger part from the stem we cut off.
- Also, the bitterness increases, if dry periods occur to many times in the growing period – too little watering or watering with very cold water after dry and hot periods. For a good growth, the cucumbers need a constant supply of water.
Why are cucumbers so good for you?
- The cucumbers contain the enzyme, which destroys the bacteria and intestinal worms, and also cleanses the intestines. This enzyme is responsible for the bitter taste in cucumbers, the very taste we try to avoid.
- Also, the cucumbers improve protein efficiency, detoxify, help with losing body weight, relieve kidney problems, strengthen immune system and mucous membrane, beautify hair and skin and last but not least help with sunburns."
