On Thu, 24 Mar 2016 11:43:39 -0000, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

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>"Bruce" > wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 24 Mar 2016 07:50:53 -0300, wrote:
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>>>On Wed, 23 Mar 2016 19:24:22 -0600, Janet B >
>>>wrote:
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>>>>On Wed, 23 Mar 2016 20:55:43 -0300, wrote:
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>>>>>On Wed, 23 Mar 2016 17:31:00 -0600, Janet B >
>>>>>wrote:
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>>>>>>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
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>True. When I was a child they were always sliced very thinly. I never saw
>the point. Since then I have learned to eat a chunk and they are
>refreshing

I'm still not a big fan. We always had cucumber chunks with Indonesian
food when I was growing up.

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Bruce