Most of us have had one at some point in our lives peeled cucumber and probably didn’t pay attention to anything. After all, what’s the point of cucumber peeling give notice? The Thuringia consumer center sees it differently. Peeling your cucumber “wrong” can have nasty consequences.
Cucumbers usually don’t taste like much. They don’t have a prominent taste of their own. This is also because they become one large proportion of water consist. Occasionally, however, one catches a vegetable that tastes unexpectedly bitter.
Peel cucumber correctly: The wrong direction can have disgusting consequences
Originally contained cucumbers bitter substancesso-called cucurbitacins. These substances accumulate primarily at the end of the stem. However, the cucurbitacins are bred from supermarket cucumbers. However, this cannot be guaranteed for every single vegetable.
Anyone who grows cucumbers in their own vegetable garden is probably aware of their bitterness. Hobby gardeners usually plant seeds from which cucumbers with retained bitter substances will grow. You can counteract this by bitter-free seeds acquires less fertilizer used and care about the correct watering tried hard – the water shouldn’t be too cold, he reports Mercury.
But be careful: From a health point of view, cucurbitacins are not harmless. You can Gastrointestinal problems cause.
Are you peeling your cucumbers correctly?
If you peel cucumbers “in the wrong direction,” then according to the Thuringian consumer advice center the bitter substances unintentionally over the entire length of the vegetable. One should Peel the skin from the base of the flower to the end of the stem. The latter should also be cut off generously and not eaten.
If the skin of the cucumber does not taste bitter, this is recommended Federal Center for Nutrition (BZfE)to eat them. It contains the largest proportion of vitamins, minerals and fiber.
