First, the nutritional value of cucumber cucumber is a kind of vegetable and fruit with particularly rich water content. Pickling cucumbers at home can basically pickle half a basin of water after a period of time, so the draft of cucumbers is certain. There are two kinds of cucumbers: green cucumbers and dried cucumbers. Dried cucumber tastes sweeter and crisper, and it is more and more suitable for raw food. Cucumber is a kind of green vegetable and fruit. Carotene and vitamins are of course indispensable, and it is refreshing and delicious. It belongs to cold ingredients and is most suitable for high temperature and high fever.
Second, what are the benefits of insisting on eating cucumbers for a month? Cucumber is low in calories. Many people who lose weight like to use cucumber instead of dinner, so proper fitness exercise can really play a role in losing weight. My family will eat cucumbers for almost a long time. My father likes to cut fresh cucumbers, pour sesame oil and a fresh soy sauce and eat them. This is an essential side dish for breakfast in my family.
If cucumber is eaten as a side dish of hot pot for a month, it is hardly easy to change. Because almost every household will eat cucumbers every day in the summer in Northeast China, what are the benefits to the health? I really found this. After all, it's just a green vegetable. However, it is said that cucumber is a "beautiful instructor in the kitchen". Many girls like to use cucumbers to apply masks. I don't know if this is the benefit of cucumber, at least it can moisturize and replenish water.
Third, the selection of cucumbers pays attention to a "top flower with long thorns", and it is best to have a little first frost. I feel that cucumber thorns have some thorns, so cucumbers are fresh and tender. Cucumbers should be chosen in a symmetrical size. Cucumber that is too thick will have the same quality as cucumber with a small head and a small tail. Either it is old with seeds or it is difficult to side dishes.
Cucumber is particularly rich in water content, which will wither after lack of water, and will lose its crispness after eating, so you must choose hard cucumber when choosing cucumber. Most cucumber buds will fall off automatically during logistics and transportation. If you find that the top flower bud is large, and it is not easy to fall off after touching, and there is a small tumor similar to the size of soybean at the junction of flower bud and flower bone, then try not to buy this cucumber. This may be due to the use of drugs in the whole process of cucumber growth and development.
Tips for eating cucumbers If you choose to eat cucumbers raw, you can soak them in salt water for a while before eating them. If you grow cucumbers at home, you don't have to do this. After all, the cucumber you bought is afraid of pesticide residues in it.
Cucumber is a very good side dish in hot pot, whether it is processed, stuffed or mixed with cold dishes. Tell you a trick to quickly dehydrate pickled cucumbers: wash the bought cucumbers, put them in the freezer of the refrigerator, take them out after freezing, and of course, squeeze all the water out of the cucumbers after thawing, which is very convenient to use and does not damage the taste of cucumbers.
Cucumber is a very good food. In the season when cucumbers are on the market in the north, almost every household will eat them every day, and for more than a month. I really don't see any change. After all, cucumber is just one of the ingredients.