Cucumber and zucchini are the same food, only the food is called differently. There is no difference between the two, just the variety of the vegetable, the region where it grows and what people call it in different areas.

Cucumber proper name cucumber, for consumption are green young melon, so the Guangzhou area like to call it cucumber. Only the old melon, which is left to grow, shows the original color of cucumber.

The tender cucumber's vital activity is vigorous, and nutrient consumption is fast. The skin is thin, poor water retention capacity, easy to lose water. The surface of the skin of the cucumber has tumors and thorns, and it is easy to be infected with germs due to touching.

Storage period

The chlorophyll of cucumber is gradually decomposed, and the skin of the cucumber becomes yellow from green. In the storage time, but also because the seeds can continue to develop, old and mature, so that the melon body deformation, the phenomenon of big belly or big head. And make the melon handle end of the original very brittle melon flesh become soft and chaff, lose food value. So the cucumber is a kind of bad storage of vegetables, even if the use of low-temperature conditions, up to only ten days of freshness.

Cucumber flavor sweet, sweet, cool, bitter, non-toxic, cucumber skin is rich in nutrients, should be retained raw. But in order to prevent pesticide residues, cucumbers should be soaked in salt water for 15-20 minutes before washing raw food. Soak cucumbers in salt water, do not pinch the root, to keep the integrity of the cucumber, so as not to lose nutrients from the cut surface in the process of soaking. In addition, coleslaw should be eaten now, do not do a good job after a long time to place, this will also promote the loss of vitamins.