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May
In most cases you dont need to peel your cucumbers before juicing. You can use whichever kind of cucumbers you want.
Generally speaking I eat the entire cucumber without peeling it.
Do you peel english cucumbers. These cucumbers also have a thin skin and fewer seeds than most other cucumbers. English cucumbers are easy to prepare as you do not have to peel the skin or deseed them. Enjoy the subtle flavor of fresh English cucumbers by slicing them and preparing sandwiches or salads.
As far as wax goes Worlds Healthiest Foods recommends peeling all conventional cukes and leaving the skin of organic cucumbers in tact for its nutrient quality. No you do not have to peel a cucumber to eat it. However before you eat a cucumber whole make sure to wash it.
Generally speaking I eat the entire cucumber without peeling it. However sometimes a recipe does call for the cucumber to be peeled. The main appeal of English cucumbers is that you dont have to peel them.
This saves time and adds fiber. Of course you should be sure to wash these types of cucumbers more thoroughly than you would would with other types since the skin will be eaten. English cucumbers have a slightly softer skin and fewer seeds.
If you want the softest skins and fewest seeds possible go for the small pickling cucumbers. Feel free to peel them if you prefer. If you re leaving the peel on be sure to thoroughly wash them.
If youre peeling de-seeding and dicing your cucumber chances are any slicer variety will work for you. But if youre serving whole slices the extra cost for an English cucumber might be worth it since neither peeling nor de-seeding will be needed. Some people like a lot of seeds.
Others prefer a few seeds. If you have an organic cucumber leave the peel on. Youre peeling away layers of nutritional value.
Vitamin K and unpeeled cucumbers. Eating an unpeeled cucumber adds to your daily vitamin K intake. Eating 1 cup of unpeeled cucumber provides you with 171 micrograms of vitamin K while peeled cucumber slices contain only 86 micrograms.
You can use whichever kind of cucumbers you want. Small pickling cucumbers regular cucumbers or English cucumbers the ones that come in shrink-wrapped. If you want the softest skins and fewest seeds possible go for the small pickling cucumbers.
When you are making cucumber relish you can often leave the skins on the cucumbers or just peel half of them. But when you are making ripe or overripe cucumber relish its a good idea to peel them. As cucumbers mature their skins get thicker and harder they wouldnt taste very good in your relish.
You can either have your cucumber pickled or sliced to enjoy but a Persian cucumber has very soft seeds and thin skin and they do not require seeding or peeling for eating and also they are not good for pickling as their soft texture means they can turn to mush while trying to peel and their thin skin makes it easy to eat raw hence no need to peel. When harvesting slicing cucumbers take note. The bitter compound is likely to be more concentrated in the stem end than in the blossom end of the cucumber.
It is also more prevalent in the peel and in the light green area just beneath the peel and less likely to be found in the deeper interior of the fruit. Peeling or Not Peeling Cucumbers Whether or not to peel the cucumbers and remove the seeds really depends on your personal preference and the type of cucumbers youre using. Peeling or not the cucumbers will depend on the variety you will use.
The best advice I can give you is to taste a slice and if the skin seems too hard or bitter then its best to peel them. In most cases you dont need to peel your cucumbers before juicing. The peel of the cucumber has a host of nutrients such as vitamin K.