Food Philosophy: Two Ways to Eat Cucumber
First way to eat: Cold Cucumber Salad
Main ingredient: Cucumber
Ingredients: Fresh red chili pepper, mineral water
Seasoning: Minced garlic, salt, MSG, chicken broth, sesame oil, vinegar
Instructions: 1. Peel the cucumber and soak it in mineral water, put it in the refrigerator to chill for 8 hours.
2. Take out the cucumber, mash it and cut it into pieces for use.
3. Prepare a small bowl of seasoning sauce, put minced garlic (must be mashed garlic), salt, MSG, chicken broth, sesame oil (appropriate amount, add more), vinegar and stir until well combined and added to the cucumber, and then stir again until well combined.
Second way to eat: Pickled Cucumber
Main ingredient: Cucumber 10 catties
Seasoning: Salt 400 grams, sugar 400 grams, minced garlic 400 grams, MSG 100 grams, black pepper 50 grams, chili powder and chili flakes (add according to personal taste), vinegar 1 bottle
Instructions: 1. Place the 10 catties of cucumber in one pile and sprinkle a layer of salt on it, and pickle it for two days.
2. After extracting the moisture from the pickled cucumbers, rinse them with water three to four times to dry them and prepare them for use.
3. Put all the seasonings in a basin and stir evenly and coat the pickled cucumbers, and pickle them for one night before eating.
Note: This is a usage of 10 catties of cucumber, the amount can be increased or decreased proportionally if it is in large quantity.
Fun Fact: Cucumber, a herbaceous plant of the gourd family. Also known as melon, green cucumber. The stem and branches are elongated, with ribs and white, rough, hard hairs. Tendrils are fine. Leaves have a slightly rough stem with rough, hard hairs; the leaves are wide ovate heart-shaped, membranous, with triangular lobes with teeth. Unisexual. Male flowers: Usually a few flowers cluster in the leaf axils; the flower stem is thin and covered with short hairs; the petals are yellow-white, and the petal lobes are lanceolate-shaped. Female flowers: Single or sparsely clustered; the flower stem is thick and covered with hairs; the ovary is rough. The fruit is oblong or cylindrical, yellowish-green when ripe, and rough on the surface. The seeds are small, oval-shaped, white, without edges, and sharply tapered at both ends. The flowering and fruiting season is in summer.
Cucumbers are widely cultivated in China and many regions have greenhouse or plastic film cultivation; now they are widely planted in temperate and tropical regions. Cucumbers are one of the main summer vegetables in various regions of China. The stem and vine are medicinal and can anti-inflammatory, cough and spasm relief.
Cucumbers are very nutritious and contain a lot of nutrients that our bodies need. Cucumbers are rich in protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, beta-carotene, vitamin B2, vitamin C, vitamin E and niacin. Cucumbers are rich in potassium salts, which can accelerate the metabolism of blood and excrete excess salt. Therefore, patients with nephritis and cystitis can eat cucumbers raw to help their recovery. The pectin in cucumbers can inhibit the conversion of carbohydrates into fat, so eating cucumbers appropriately can also help us prevent obesity.
