Cucumber called cucumber and not called green melon is the reason that the cucumber from the western region, this is called Hu melon, after the Zhao Emperor Shi Le dissatisfied with the geographical distinction of the call, so Hu melon renamed cucumber, has been continued to the present.

In the earliest times, cucumber only grows in the western region, the Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian mission to the West, discovered this vegetable, so they brought back the seeds, large-scale planting, which led to cucumber. In the beginning, the cucumber is not called cucumber, due to the cucumber from the western region, then the western region referred to as Hu, the people of the Central Plains to treat items from this region, always like to add a Hu word in front, so the cucumber at that time was called Hu melon.

Three hundred years AD, Shi Le established Hou Zhao. Because he was from the Western Region, he was very dissatisfied with the regional distinctions such as hu, hu melon, and so on, so he banned the word hu in the whole country. One day, Zhao held a royal banquet, when Shi Le intended to test the Xiangguo county magistrate Fan Tan, so he deliberately pointed to the hu melon and asked his name. Knowing that this was Shi Le's intention to test, Fan Tan replied respectfully, "Cucumber too." After hearing this, Shi Le was satisfied, and since then, the name of Hu Gua was changed to Cucumber, which was spread among the court and the countryside until modern times.

Shopping for cucumber tips

1, look at the color: the color of naturally growing cucumbers are very shiny green. With the passage of time, the green will gradually fade, the color is dark, the surface will be a little yellow, which indicates that the cucumber is not too fresh.

2, look at the curved straight: normal without intervention of the cucumber, and the vine connected with the place are a little bent. Therefore, when you buy cucumbers, try to buy cucumbers with a little curvature.

3, look at the thickness: too thick cucumbers are generally left in the seed melon, long growth time, the taste will be a little worse; and cucumbers are too thin, then it is not mature growth, those thick and thin do not buy, it may be in order to promote the growth of a certain amount of chemical agents.

4, touch feel: fresh cucumber feel the surface of a hard layer of small spines, slightly solid, with some white small spines, so the cucumber is relatively fresh.