Purchase:
The cucumber for filling or lady’s slipper is a green fruit vegetable with rough and dark seeds. Its shape is elongated and hollow inside.
Freshness:
It is seen in its firm texture, with no soft parts, no brown spots. Intense Green Color. When you go to buy the product in the supermarket, we recommend:
- Observe that the display site is clean and adequately refrigerated.
- Choose the products, preferably in this order: vegetables, fruits, eggs, cheeses and dairy in general, after the products of pantry, but before the meats, poultry, fish and shellfish.
- When you reach your destination refrigerate, so that the “cold chain” of the same is not interrupted.
Uses:
- Usually it is consumed cooked (after removing the seeds) with sauces, as garnish.
- Stuffed with meat and an additional sauce, or au gratin, as a strong dish, accompanied by white rice or salads.
- It is used as an ingredient for salads with vinaigrettes or dressings and in pickles (canned).
Storage:
The cucumber for filling, is refrigerated in perforated plastic bag, or vegetable box with kitchen paper (dry) inside and placed in a not so cold place in the fridge. -It should be consumed soon, because its “useful life” is very short. -its duration is approximately 8 days and depending on the degree of freshness at the time of purchase.
Conservation:
Duration:
5 days approx.
Tips:
-When you arrive with the market and begin to organize it, this vegetable can go whitening, cools and refrigerates, so that it is ready and use it soon in a menu, in the desired preparation. -Consuming soon.
Nutrients and properties:
(See nutrient content and its benefits in vegetables). Note: Prepare as soon as possible, as its “useful life” is short. Periodically check the condition of the product in order to be able to consume it in time.
