Paranoid Android Posted October 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 Tuna? Tuna? Vile stuff that doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as delicious cucumber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 Not a fan of cucumber on its todd but when combined with tuna and put in a sandwich it comes into a league of its own.Anybody here grow their own veg? Me and the missus have a pretty healthy patch with tatties, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and neeps. I'm sure there's more too! Cucumber ruins tuna. Ugh. We, or more accurately my wife, have a few veg in the garden. Last year we got nothing but this year's been great. Getting pretty sick of courgettes now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 Isn't double L in Spanish a Y sound. Mallorca. Llorente.J a sort of W sound, isn't it? The name Juan being pronounced Wan, for example.GCSE Spanish. Grade D. Don't mess.It doesn't even matter. Vegetables.I think J is more of a "ch" sound in Spanish. Like in loch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted October 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 It's like an h sound really, like in hot. But with a little of the throaty sound you get at the end of loch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girl anachronism Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 (edited) People don't seriously like cucumber do they? It's just a practical joke for people that like courgettes. Horrible tasting, full of water and they infect every dish they're in with their shitty flavour.Yes! Cucumber's great. I love it in sushi, it's great on its own, but combined with the taste of nori, wasabi and soy/sweet chilli, it's becomes this amazing sweet/salty/hot/cool taste sensation.It's great in gin too. A nice tall glass of Hendricks and tonic with wads of cucumber. Magnificent. When I was last in the states, they had cucumber soda. It was unbelievable. I drank gallons of it.It's technically a fruit though, so misses out on my top 5. Would make my list of top 5 foods ever though. Edited October 18, 2013 by girl anachronism Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted October 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 It's technically a fruit though, so misses out on my top 5. Would make my list of top 5 foods ever though. We'll have none of that shite in my thread. It's a vegetable and it's in your top five and that's that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Owl PhD Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Mushrooms are my favourite. I hardly ever have a meal without them. They're great in everything. They're technically not a vegetable though. They're technically KING OF FOOD. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 I dig cucumber. They don't taste of much, but they are refreshing, and they add a wonderful crunch to sandwiches. Great in salads with lashings of coleslaw or cottage cheese. Or just to be eaten, hand held, like nature's popsicle. Courgettes are almost the exact opposite. They have a weird tang to their taste, and once in your mouth, they seem to absorb any moisture you may have in there, making it feel like you've just eaten a spoonful of sand. One of my least favourite vegetables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted October 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Cucumbers over here are weird. They're drier inside and so not nearly as refreshing, also the skin is darker and not as smooth. They're shorter too. In fact in one class when the expression "as cool as a cucumber" came up the students couldn't understand at all why you would say cucumber claiming that there are many much cooler vegetables. There's one supermarket which sells good proper cucumbers as well as the shitey ones and they're labeled as dutch cucumbers for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyboy Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 (edited) I'm familiar with the tiny cucumbers as well. TBH, I am assuming that's what a cucumber actually looks like and that the typical UK cucumber has been GM/selectively bred to be huge (and that for every big fat juicy one that makes it onto supermarket shelves there're god knows many undersized ones thrown away). Same with bananas. Edited October 18, 2013 by scottyboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Cucumbers over here are weird. They're drier inside and so not nearly as refreshing, also the skin is darker and not as smooth. They're shorter too. In fact in one class when the expression "as cool as a cucumber" came up the students couldn't understand at all why you would say cucumber claiming that there are many much cooler vegetables. There's one supermarket which sells good proper cucumbers as well as the shitey ones and they're labeled as dutch cucumbers for some reason. Same here. They're like a fat pickle and all nobbly. Nowhere near the vaccum-sealed 14-inch wart-less wonders back home. They may be genetically modified mutants but they're bloody marvelous. Nothing beats that feeling of gently pulling back the plastic sheath and weilding a cheese slicer in one hand and a massive cuke in the other in all it's magnificent tumescence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Learn some shit about cucumbers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eupraxia Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Mushrooms are my favourite. I hardly ever have a meal without them. They're great in everything. They're technically not a vegetable though. They're technically KING OF FOOD. You're such a fun guy. That works so much better when spoken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Owl PhD Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 You're such a fun guy. That works so much better when spoken I've heard some people say it 'fun-jy'. What's that all about? And they'd be totally missing out on your joke, the losers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted October 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Learn some shit about cucumbers... Well who knew? One burpless cucumber shopkeeper if you please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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