Cucumbers taste like the white part of watermelons

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• AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Fun fact: cucumbers and watermelons are actually part of the same family: the cucurbitaceae.

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  • miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Watermelons are vegetables…
    …tomatoes are fruit…

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    • foggy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Vegetables don’t exist. It’s a culinary word which does not exist in botany. It describes an enormous umbrella of fruits, roots, leaves, stems, flowers, and seeds.

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    • Letsdothisok@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Your mom is a peach

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    • accideath@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No. Technically, both watermelons and cucumbers are berries.

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  • LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Makes sense. The watermelon is like a playdoh ball then you just flatten it to a snake to get the cucumber

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Holy shit. First time seeing someone who also thinks this. 😮

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  • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s actually a thing

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    • crank0271@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yep, I have a friend who pickles watermelon rind. It’s delicious. I mean, it tastes like pickles and the texture is similar to cucumbers.

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  • beerclue@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My family pickles watermelons, for generations. They are delicious.

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  • dubyakay@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Go one step further: pickle the whole watermelon like Hungarians do.

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  • LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Right? I do like cucumbers though because I’m committing to that flavor and it’s still watery and refreshing. But when it happens at the end of enjoying a sweet juicy watermelon, it’s not great.

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• MrKurtz@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  In Spain, it is common to say that you got a “cucumber-y” watermelon when it is not sweet.

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• uienia@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It should be mentioned that Americans and Europeans seldom talk about the exact same thing when talking about cucumbers. The most common cucumber type in the US is a spiky bitter thing with a thick rind, while the most common in Europe is softer with a smooth rind, more watery and often much sweeter in taste (the type which Americans for some reason call the English cucumber).

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  • mumblerfish@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Then the OP makes sense. Because the white part of a watermelon tastes nothing like cucumber.

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• billwashere@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Can’t you make pickles from watermelon rind?

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• theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I love cucumber, and I enjoy chewing on watermelon rind

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