"Bruce" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 24 Mar 2016 07:50:53 -0300, wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 23 Mar 2016 19:24:22 -0600, Janet B >
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 23 Mar 2016 20:55:43 -0300, wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Wed, 23 Mar 2016 17:31:00 -0600, Janet B >
>>>>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>I don't know how they sell. Those long, shrink-wrapped English
>>>>>cucumbers smell funny and taste off. Every once in awhile I get a
>>>>>craving for cucumber during the winter and I buy one of those
>>>>>cucumbers. I think they are nasty. Since they are available
>>>>>everywhere, I have to assume that many people like them. I'm hoping
>>>>>the vinegar and oil salad dressing for tonight will cover the taste.
>>>>>Janet US
>>>>
>>>>I don't particularly associate them with England but I much prefer
>>>>them to the local cukes.
>>>
>>>It may be that is the variety name that I know from seed catalogs.
>>>see he
>>>http://tinyurl.com/z769y5v
>>>Janet US
>>
>>Those are the ones I thought you meant, generally raised in
>>greenhouses here and the others are referred to as 'field cukes'
>
> In Europe that's just a cucumber. Nothing English about them. Except
> that they have little flavour maybe

Hmmm... Here, the commonly available one is shorter, usually thicker and
has a creepy wax coating. They are cheaper though. Sometimes about half
the price of those labeled English.