On Thu, 24 Mar 2016 14:49:37 +1100, Bruce > wrote:

>On Thu, 24 Mar 2016 10:58:13 +1100, Jeßus > 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.
>>
>>I'm pretty sure I know the ones you mean, I personally like them.
>>I don't think there is anything particularly English about them
>>though?
>
>Aren't they called continental cucumbers in Australia, as opposed to
>the shorter "Lebanese" ones?

Ahh, yes. I couldn't think of the names used in Aus. Lebanese
cucumbers is the one I'm most familiar with. English... Lebanese...
whatever