19, 2023
Cucumbers bring a crispy crunch to all sorts of salads and snacks.
Find out why seeding a cucumber is sometimes necessaryand how to get the job done.
Like tomato and pepper seeds, cucumber seeds add excess moisture to recipes if theyre left intact.
This can cause your crunchycucumber salad boatsor cheese-stuffed cuke snacks to get soggy.
Thoroughly rinse the cucumber in cool water.
Lay the cucumber on a cutting board and cut the cucumber in half lengthwise with a sharp knife.
Be careful to only remove the seeds and not too much of the flesh.
Once more, cut the cucumber halves down the middle lengthwise, creating four quarters in total.
Using the tip of a spoon or butter knife, carefully remove the seeds with a gliding motion.
Cucumber seeds are packed with plenty of proteins, minerals and healthy fats.
So if youre just snacking, keep the seeds in.
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